gpiochip_generic_config(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

🦋 gpiochip_generic_config(9) — like, the Kernel API Manual page, bestie 💅

okay so picture this: you're deep in the kernel, you've got a GPIO chip in your hands, and you just need to slap some configuration onto one specific pin. that's THE vibe of gpiochip_generic_config. it's the generic config hookup, and it is lowkey iconic for it ✨

✨ NAME ✨

gpiochip_generic_config — apply configuration for a pin 🎀

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

int gpiochip_generic_config (struct gpio_chip *gc , unsigned int offset
, unsigned long config );

like yeah, that's the whole signature. three things in, one int out, no cap 🫶

💖 ARGUMENTS 💖

  • gc — the gpiochip that owns the GPIO. it's giving main character energy, because everything here belongs to it 👑
  • offset — the offset of the GPIO you're applying the configuration to, i.e. which pin on that chip we're talking about 📍
  • config — the configuration to be applied. the actual payload, the moment, the whole point 🍓

🔥 RETURN 🔥

0 on success, or a negative errno on failure. that's it. that's the return. slay 💀

ngl, always check the return — a negative errno is the kernel's way of saying "not today" 😭

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

okay bestie, buckle up, because this list is long and every single one of them is a real one. fr fr they all live in the Kernel file ./drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c:

like, that's an entire friend group of GPIO functions and they all ate 💜 go read them, iykyk 🧚

and that's the page! brought to you from the ./drivers/gpio corner of the kernel, dated October 2026, answering to the name gpiochip_generic_config(9) — mwah, bye bestie, go configure some pins 💅🎀⭐

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