pldm_first_component(9)

💖 pldm_first_component(9) — Kernel API Manual 💖

okay bestie, welcome to the glow-up of pldm_first_component(9), brought to you by the Kernel API Manual. this one is short and sweet — like, blink-and-you'll-miss-it short — but it's still iconic in its own lil way. let's get into it 🎀

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✨ NAME ✨

pldm_first_component —

no cap, the NAME section is literally just vibing there with nothing after the dash. the manpage said "name: yes, description: no 💅". we respect the mystery.

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

pldm_first_component (start );

yes, there's a space before that closing paren. that's just how it is. don't touch it, we don't fix what's not broken 🙈

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• start — the byte offset of the start of the PLDM components. that's your entry point, your starting line, your main character position 🫶

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💜 DESCRIPTION 💜

okay so here's the whole plot: you hand it a starting offset of the PLDM components, and it converts that into a pointer to the first component. that's it. that's the function. offset in, pointer out, slay ✨

it's giving "glow-up translator" — bytes on one side, a pointer to the first component on the other. simple, effective, iconic 👑

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🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

• Kernel file ./lib/pldmfw/pldmfw_private.h
• pldm_first_desc_tlv(9)
• pldm_next_desc_tlv(9)
• pldm_for_each_desc_tlv(9)
• pldm_first_record(9)
• pldm_next_record(9)
• pldm_for_each_record(9)
• pldm_next_component(9)
• pldm_for_each_component(9)

like a little friend group of functions — go say hi to all of them, they're all part of the squad 💫

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friendly reminder bestie: this page lives under ./lib/pldmfw in the source tree. that's the neighborhood, and the whole crew above lives there too 🏡

and that's a wrap! much love from the Kernel API Manual, ./lib/pldmfw, dated October 2026 — catch you on the next manpage, mwah 💋🎀💖