davinci_spi_setup_transfer(9)

💅 davinci_spi_setup_transfer — Kernel API Manual ✨

okay so bestie, we're diving into the Kernel API Manual and today's main character is davinci_spi_setup_transfer 🎀 it's a function, it lives in the kernel, and it's literally about figuring out how your SPI data is gonna travel. iykyk 💫

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🌸 NAME 🌸

davinci_spi_setup_transfer — this function will determine the transfer method 🫶

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

int davinci_spi_setup_transfer (struct spi_device *spi , struct spi_transfer *t );

like yes, that's the whole signature, no cap 💅

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• spi — the spi device where the data transfer is gonna happen, that's her moment 🌟
• t — the spi transfer itself, and this is where all the transfer info gets filled in, very "the info goes here" energy 🎀

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💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

okay so here's the tea ☕ this function determines the data transfer method — and by that i mean it picks between an 8/16/32 bit transfer 🔥 like she's out here deciding your bit width, iconic.

she also sets the SPI Clock Control register according to the freq of the SPI slave device 🌈 so yeah, clock stuff gets handled too, she's multitasking fr fr 💅

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

• Kernel file ./drivers/spi/spi-davinci.c
• struct davinci_spi_platform_data(9)
• struct davinci_spi_config(9)
• davinci_spi_get_prescale(9)
• davinci_spi_setup(9)
• davinci_spi_process_events(9)
• davinci_spi_bufs(9)
• dummy_thread_fn(9)
• davinci_spi_irq(9)
• spi_davinci_get_pdata(9)
• davinci_spi_probe(9)
• davinci_spi_remove(9)

like go read those too bestie, they're all connected, it's giving family reunion 🌸

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mwah 💋 that's the whole page! brought to you straight out of ./drivers/spi, dated October 2026, and yes the page name is still davinci_spi_setup_transfer(9) — slay, go set up some transfers 🦋✨