rpi_firmware_get(9)

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual page for rpi_firmware_get(9) — yes, we are doing Raspberry Pi firmware kernel vibes today and it’s giving main character energy 🧚✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

rpi_firmware_get — get pointer to rpi_firmware structure. that’s it, that’s the mission 💅

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

struct rpi_firmware * rpi_firmware_get (struct device_node
       *firmware_node );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• firmware_node — pointer to the firmware Device Tree node. literally the node handoff, iykyk 🌈

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

okay so the reference to rpi_firmware has to be released with rpi_firmware_put — do not ghost it, bestie, release it properly 🫶

It returns NULL if the firmware device is not ready. so if the firmware device is not ready, you get NULL, and that’s the vibe check fail 😭💀

👀 SEE ALSO 👀

go peek at these, bestie:

• Kernel file ./drivers/firmware/raspberrypi.c 🌸
• rpi_firmware_property_list(9)
• rpi_firmware_property(9)
• devm_rpi_firmware_get(9)

mwah 💋 — source/version: ./drivers/firmware; date: October 2026; manual: rpi_firmware_get(9). bye bestie, go release that reference 🫶✨