adis_write_reg_16(9)

💫 adis_write_reg_16(9) 💫

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual, section 9, and today's main character is adis_write_reg_16 — genuinely one of my faves, no cap 🫶

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✨ NAME ✨

adis_write_reg_16 — write 2 bytes to a pair of registers. that's it, that's the whole vibe 💅 two bytes, two registers, one little function doing the lord's work.

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🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

int adis_write_reg_16 (struct adis *adis , unsigned int reg , u16 val );

like, look at her. so clean. so iconic. ✨

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🌸 ARGUMENTS 🌸

• adis — the adis device 💖 this is your device handle, your bestie, the whole reason we're here.
• reg — the address of the lower of the two registers 🧚 note that word lower, okay? it's writing to that one and the one right above it, so pick your starting address accordingly.
• val — the value to be written 🎀 a u16, so 2 bytes of pure content going in.

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⭐ RETURN ⭐

0 on success, and a negative error code otherwise 😭 like, if you get a negative number back, that's the universe telling you something went wrong. check it. fr fr.

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🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

Kernel file ./include/linux/iio/imu/adis.h — go read the source, it's giving open book energy 📖

and the whole friend group:

• struct adis_data(9)
• struct adis_ops(9)
• struct adis(9)
• adis_reset(9)
• __adis_write_reg_8(9)
• __adis_write_reg_16(9)
• __adis_write_reg_32(9)
• __adis_read_reg_16(9)
• __adis_read_reg_32(9)
• adis_write_reg(9)
• adis_read_reg(9)
• adis_write_reg_8(9)
• adis_write_reg_32(9)
• adis_read_reg_16(9)
• adis_read_reg_32(9)
• adis_update_bits_base(9)
• adis_update_bits(9)

every single one of them, linked and accounted for 👑

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lowkey reminder from your girl: this page lives in ./include/linux/iio/imu, dated October 2026, and it's page adis_write_reg_16(9) — so if you're citing her, cite her correctly 💜

okay that's the whole page, ily, go write your two bytes 💅🌸✨