aspeed_find_expr_by_name(9)
π aspeed_find_expr_by_name(9) π
okay so this is the Kernel API Manual page for aspeed_find_expr_by_name, and honestly? iconic. It's the helper that goes looking for the signal expression you need to enable the pin's signal for whatever function you're requesting. lowkey essential, no cap. π¦
β¨ NAME β¨
aspeed_find_expr_by_name β search for the signal expression needed to enable the pin's signal for the requested function. That's the whole assignment, bestie. π
π SYNOPSIS π
here's the signature, fr fr:
const struct aspeed_sig_expr * aspeed_find_expr_by_name (const struct aspeed_sig_expr **exprs , const char *name );
π ARGUMENTS π
exprsβ the list of signal expressions, aka the haystack π. That's where the searching happens.nameβ the name of the requested function, aka the needle π . This is what you're matching against.
π RETURN π
You get back a pointer to the signal expression whose function tag matches the name you provided. If there's no match? It's NULL, and that's periodt. π«Ά
π SEE ALSO π
- Kernel file
./drivers/pinctrl/aspeed/pinctrl-aspeed.cβ go peek, iykyk π aspeed_disable_sig(9)β another icon, linked for your convenience β¨
that's the tea from ./drivers/pinctrl/aspeed, dated October 2026 β aspeed_find_expr_by_name(9) out, bestie ππβ¨
π¦ where this page comes from
- nixpkgs unstable: linux-manual 7.3.1
- π girlified by deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-1017 on : a language model's rewrite of the original, under its terms