pci_vpd_find_id_string(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 pci_vpd_find_id_string(9) — Kernel API Manual 🎀

okay bestie, welcome to the pci_vpd_find_id_string(9) page — this is a Kernel API Manual situation, so grab your emotional support iced coffee and let's get into it ✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

pci_vpd_find_id_string — literally just, locate the id string in VPD. that's the whole vibe 🦋

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

int pci_vpd_find_id_string (const u8 *buf , unsigned int len , unsigned
int *size );

like yes, that's the signature, copy it exactly bestie, don't freestyle 💅

🧚 ARGUMENTS 🧚

  • buf — pointer to buffered VPD data. it's giving "here's the data, go look at it" 🫶
  • len — the length of the buffer area in which to search. basically how far you're allowed to snoop 👀
  • size — pointer to the field where the length of the id string gets returned. it's the lil out-param that comes back holding the answer 💖

👑 DESCRIPTION 👑

Returns the index of the id string, or -ENOENT if not found. that's it. that's the function. short queen energy, no notes 🔥

(note: it returns an index — so on success you get a position, and on the sad path you get -ENOENT. don't get it twisted 😭)

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

the whole friend group, fr fr — Kernel file ./include/linux/pci.h and also:

like, all thirty-two of them. we did not skip a single one, iykyk 💀🫶

real talk: this page lives under ./include/linux, and it's dated October 2026, filed as pci_vpd_find_id_string(9). ok bye, slay, go read your VPD 💜🎀🦋
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