ads1018_spi_read_exclusive(9)

💅 ads1018_spi_read_exclusive(9) — Kernel API Manual ✨

okay so bestie, let me put you onto ads1018_spi_read_exclusive — it's giving "reads a conversion value from the device" and honestly? iconic. 🎀

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🌸 NAME 🌸

ads1018_spi_read_exclusive — literally just reads a conversion value from the device, no cap 🫶

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

int ads1018_spi_read_exclusive (struct ads1018 *ads1018 , __be16 *cnv ,
       bool hold_cs );

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• ads1018 — the device data, your main character fr 💖
• cnv — the ADC conversion value (it's optional, so no pressure bestie) ✨
• hold_cs — keeps the CS line asserted after the SPI transfer, iykyk 🔥

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💜 DESCRIPTION 💜

So what it does is read the most recent ADC conversion value — and the way it does it is without updating the device's configuration. Like, it just looks, it doesn't touch. Respect. 🙈✨

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🧚 CONTEXT 🧚

Expects SPI bus exclusive use. Periodt. You gotta have the bus to yourself for this one, no sharing, no vibes-crashing. 👑

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⭐ RETURN ⭐

• 0 on success — slay 💅
• negative errno on error — not slay, but that's the deal 😭

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

Kernel file ./drivers/iio/adc/ti-ads1018.c, plus ads1018_calc_delay(9) and ads1018_single_shot(9) — go read those too bestie, they're lowkey part of the lore 🦋

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ngl, the exclusive in the name is not a suggestion. Share that SPI bus and it's giving undefined chaos. 💀

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okay that's the whole page! 🎀 this beauty lives in ./drivers/iio/adc, dated October 2026, and it's called ads1018_spi_read_exclusive(9) — go off, bestie 💖✨🌸