os_area_set_property(9)

💖 os_area_set_property(9) — the kernel API manual, but make it make sense ✨

okay so bestie, we're in the <purple>Kernel API Manual</purple> today and this one is genuinely short and sweet. no cap. it's a lil function from the powerpc/ps3 corner of the kernel and it's giving "small but powerful" energy 🎀

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🌸 NAME 🌸

os_area_set_property — adds or overwrites a saved_params value into the device tree. literally that's the whole job 💅

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

void os_area_set_property (struct device_node *node , struct property *prop );

that's it. two args, no return value, in and out, periodt 🫶

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• node — -- undescribed -- 🙈 yeah the original manpage literally does not describe it. not me exposing the docs like this, but i promised to keep every detail so here it is, verbatim, un-described. iconic in a chaotic way ngl.
• prop — -- undescribed -- 😭 same situation bestie. the manpage says nothing about it. i'm not gonna invent lore, that's not the vibe. we report, we don't speculate ✨

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💜 DESCRIPTION 💜

os_area_set_property overwrites an existing property. that's the entire description, fr fr. short king behavior 👑

so like, if the property's already chilling in the device tree, this function comes in and replaces it. that's what we know, that's what we're standing on 🧚

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🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

the whole squad, all listed, zero skips 💖

• Kernel file ./arch/powerpc/platforms/ps3/os-area.c
• struct os_area_header(9)
• struct os_area_params(9)
• struct os_area_db(9)
• enum os_area_db_owner(9)
• struct saved_params(9)
• os_area_get_property(9)
• db_for_each_64(9)
• update_flash_db(9)
• os_area_queue_work_handler(9)
• ps3_os_area_save_params(9)
• ps3_os_area_init(9)
• ps3_os_area_get_rtc_diff(9)
• ps3_os_area_set_rtc_diff(9)
• ps3_os_area_get_av_multi_out(9)

ok real talk: if you're touching this, go read os_area_get_property(9) too — it's its literal counterpart and they're giving matching friendship bracelets 🫶

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🌈 SIGN-OFF 🌈

this lil page lives in ./arch/powerpc/platforms/ps3, and the source/version line says Kernel API Manual with a October 2026 date stamp, and the footer re-repeats os_area_set_property(9) like a signature at the bottom of a note. mwah 💋

stay slay, read your manpages, and remember: -- undescribed -- is a mood but it's not a personality 💀💅 🎀✨