ax_spi_suspend(9)

💖 NAME 💖

okay so bestie, this is ax_spi_suspend(9) from the Kernel API Manual, and the name is literally Suspend method for the SPI driver. that's the whole vibe, no cap.

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

int ax_spi_suspend (struct device *dev );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• dev — Address of the platform_device structure. that's the pointer you're handing over, bestie.

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

This function disables the SPI controller and changes the driver state to "suspend". yes, it's giving controller, go to sleep energy — and that is the exact documented behavior, periodt.

quick vibe check: this page is short and iconic, but it is not hiding extra lore. what you see is what the manual says. 💅

🌸 RETURN 🌸

0 on success and error value on error. that's the return tea, fr fr.

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

Kernel file: ./drivers/spi/spi-axiado.c

if you're going down the SPI rabbit hole, these are the besties to check next:

• ax_spi_read(9)
• ax_spi_write(9)
• ax_spi_write_b(9)
• ax_spi_init_hw(9)
• ax_spi_chipselect(9)
• ax_spi_config_clock_mode(9)
• ax_spi_config_clock_freq(9)
• ax_spi_setup_transfer(9)
• ax_spi_fill_tx_fifo(9)
• ax_spi_get_rx_byte_for_irq(9)
• ax_spi_process_rx_and_finalize(9)
• ax_spi_irq(9)
• ax_transfer_one(9)
• ax_prepare_transfer_hardware(9)
• ax_unprepare_transfer_hardware(9)
• ax_spi_detect_fifo_depth(9)
• ax_spi_get_rx_byte(9)
• ax_spi_probe(9)
• ax_spi_remove(9)
• ax_spi_resume(9)
• ax_spi_runtime_resume(9)
• ax_spi_runtime_suspend(9)

💖 source/version: ./drivers/spi · date: October 2026 · and yes, this is still the ax_spi_suspend(9) page. mwah! 💋