PICL_GET_NODE_BY_PATH(3PICL)PICL_GET_NODE_BY_PATH(3PICL)NAMEpicl_get_node_by_path - get handle of node specified by PICL tree path
SYNOPSIS
cc [ flag... ] file... -lpicl [ library... ]
#include <picl.h>
int picl_get_node_by_path(const char *piclpath,
picl_nodehdl_t *nodeh);
DESCRIPTION
The picl_get_node_by_path() function copies the handle of the node in
the PICL tree specified by the path given in piclpath into the location
nodeh.
The syntax of a PICL tree path is:
[<def_propname>:]/[<def_propval>[<match_cond>]... ]
where the <def_propname> prefix is a shorthand notation to specify the
name of the property whose value is specified in <def_propval>, and the
<match_cond> expression specifies the matching criteria for that node
in the form of one or more pairs of property names and values such as
[@<address>][?<prop_name>[=<prop_val>]... ]
where '@' is a shorthand notation to refer to the device address or a
FRU's location label and is followed by <address>, which gives the
device address or the location label.
For nodes under the /platform tree, the address value is matched with
the value of the property bus-addr, if it exists. If no bus-addr prop‐
erty exists, the address value is matched with the value of the prop‐
erty UnitAddress. To explicitly limit the comparison to bus-addr or
UnitAddress property, use the '?' notation described below.
For nodes under the /frutree tree, the <address> value is matched with
the value of the Label property.
The expression following '?' specifies matching property name and value
pairs, where <prop_name> specifies the property name and <prop_val>
specifies the property value for properties not of type
PICL_PTYPE_VOID. The values for properties of type PICL_PTYPE_TABLE,
PICL_PTYPE_BYTEARRAY, and PICL_PTYPE_REFERENCE cannot be specified in
the <match_cond> expression.
A _class property value of picl can be used to match nodes of any PICL
classes. The class picl is the base class of all the classes in PICL.
All valid paths must begin at the root node denoted by '/'.
If no prefix is specified for the path, the prefix defaults to the name
property.
RETURN VALUES
Upon successful completion, 0 is returned. Otherwise a non-negative
integer is returned to indicate an error.
The value PICL_NOTNODE is returned if there is no node corresponding to
the specified path.
ERRORS
PICL_FAILURE
General system failure
PICL_INVALIDARG
Invalid argument
PICL_NOTNODE
Not a node
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
┌────────────────────┬─────────────────┐
│ ATTRIBUTE TYPE │ ATTRIBUTE VALUE │
├────────────────────┼─────────────────┤
│Interface Stability │ Evolving │
├────────────────────┼─────────────────┤
│MT-Level │ MT-Safe │
└────────────────────┴─────────────────┘
SEE ALSOpicl_get_propval_by_name(3PICL), attributes(5)
Feb 5, 2004 PICL_GET_NODE_BY_PATH(3PICL)
