PASSCONTROL(3)

💅 PASSCONTROL(3) — the passcontrol era ✨

okay so bestie, welcome to section 3 of the manual, this one's PassControl and it's lowkey iconic — it's the whole "you're in charge now, go off 👑" function of the linux-gpib world. tiny page, big main character energy.

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🌸 NAME 🌸

PassControl — make a device the controller-in-charge. like literally handing over the aux cord but for a whole GPIB bus 🎀

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

#include <gpib/ib.h>

void PassControl(int board_desc, const Addr4882_t address);

two args, no return value, no drama. we love a void function that just does the thing 💅

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

okay so here's the tea, bestie ☕

PassControl() makes the board you picked with board_desc pass control over to the device you named with address. that's it, that's the whole function.

and if it works? the device becomes the new controller-in-charge. crown transferred, throne vacated, new main character unlocked 👑✨

heads up: passing control is a real handoff, not a share. once it succeeds, the device is the controller-in-charge — not the board anymore. so act accordingly, fr fr 🫶

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💖 COPYRIGHT 💖

Copyright © 2003-2006, 2008 Frank Mori Hess

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and that's the whole page, bestie!! no cap, it's a short one 🍓

signing off with the deets: this was linux-gpib version 4.3.7, dated 07/06/2026, filed under PASSCONTROL(3) — the same name at the top and the bottom like a little symmetrical moment 💅✨ periodt 🎀