ENUM SLIM_CHANNEL_STATE(9)

✨ enum slim_channel_state ✨

okay bestie, gather round 💖 this is a page from the Kernel API Manual, section 9 — and it's literally about the SLIMbus channel state machine used by core. yes, that core. slay.

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🎀 NAME 🎀

enum slim_channel_state — the SLIMbus channel state machine used by core. that's the whole vibe, no cap. it's giving "one enum to rule the lifecycle" 👑

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

enum slim_channel_state {
    SLIM_CH_STATE_DISCONNECTED ,
    SLIM_CH_STATE_ALLOCATED ,
    SLIM_CH_STATE_ASSOCIATED ,
    SLIM_CH_STATE_DEFINED ,
    SLIM_CH_STATE_CONTENT_DEFINED ,
    SLIM_CH_STATE_ACTIVE ,
    SLIM_CH_STATE_REMOVED

};

that's the full roster, in order, exactly like that 🔥 keep the trailing commas, keep the blank line before the closing brace, don't get cute with it.

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🌸 Constants 🌸

so each one of these is a stop on the channel's little journey, and honestly? character development:

• SLIM_CH_STATE_DISCONNECTED — SLIMbus channel is disconnected. like, not even talking to you rn 🙈
• SLIM_CH_STATE_ALLOCATED — SLIMbus channel is allocated. it exists, it's reserved, it's got main character energy but no plans yet ✨
• SLIM_CH_STATE_ASSOCIATED — SLIMbus channel is associated with port. ooh it found its person 🫶
• SLIM_CH_STATE_DEFINED — SLIMbus channel parameters are defined. the details are locked in, no more "idk what I want" 💅
• SLIM_CH_STATE_CONTENT_DEFINED — SLIMbus channel content is defined. now we know what's actually in it, iconic 🎀
• SLIM_CH_STATE_ACTIVE — SLIMbus channel is active and ready for data. she's LIVE, she's serving, data may now flow 🔥👑
• SLIM_CH_STATE_REMOVED — SLIMbus channel is inactive and removed. the arc is complete, she has left the group chat 💀

ngl, this is a one-way-ish story in spirit — read the states in order and you get the whole lifecycle. the page doesn't promise anything more than what's written, so don't @ me with extras 😭

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

iykyk, here's the whole friend group — go read these next, fr fr:

• the kernel file ./drivers/slimbus/slimbus.h
• struct slim_framer(9)
• struct slim_msg_txn(9)
• enum slim_clk_state(9)
• struct slim_sched(9)
• enum slim_port_direction(9)
• enum slim_port_state(9)
• enum slim_ch_data_fmt(9)
• enum slim_ch_aux_bit_fmt(9)
• struct slim_channel(9)
• struct slim_port(9)
• enum slim_transport_protocol(9)
• struct slim_stream_runtime(9)
• struct slim_controller(9)

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okay that's the whole page, bestie, you ate that 🍓 this lil gem lives in ./drivers/slimbus, dated October 2026, and its manual tag is enum slim_channel_state(9). mwah, go forth and enumerate 💜🧚