cmp_connection_establish(9)
โจ NAME โจ
okay so bestie, this is the Kernel API Manual page for cmp_connection_establish โ and it does exactly what it says on the tin: establish a connection to the target ๐
โจ
๐ก SYNOPSIS ๐ก
int cmp_connection_establish (struct cmp_connection *c );
๐ ARGUMENTS ๐
cโ the connection manager ๐ like, the main character of this whole connection situation.
๐ DESCRIPTION ๐
okay so picture this: this function establishes a point-to-point connection from the local computer to the target. no cap. it does that by allocating isochronous resources (channel and bandwidth) โ yup, channel and bandwidth โ and by setting the target's input/output plug control register. it's giving "setup era" โจ
when this function succeeds, the caller is responsible for starting transmitting packets. that's the important part, bestie โ you (the caller) have to start transmitting packets after it succeeds. the function is not gonna do that bit for you, periodt ๐ซถ
๐ฎ SEE ALSO ๐ฎ
- Kernel file
./sound/firewire/cmp.c cmp_connection_init(9)cmp_connection_check_used(9)cmp_connection_destroy(9)cmp_connection_break(9)
mwah ๐ this page lives in ./sound/firewire, and the date on it is October 2026 โ that's the source/version and date, bestie, and yes it slays ๐๐
๐ฆ where this page comes from
- nixpkgs unstable: linux-manual 7.3.1
- ๐ girlified by deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-1017 on : a language model's rewrite of the original, under its terms