gsi_channel_start(9)

🌸 NAME 🌸

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual — this page is literally all about gsi_channel_start(9), and it does one iconic thing: start an allocated GSI channel. no cap. 💅

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

int gsi_channel_start (struct gsi *gsi , u32 channel_id );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• gsi — the GSI pointer. literally the GSI pointer, bestie. ✨
• channel_id — the channel to start. that's the one. 🎀

🔥 RETURN 🔥

0 if successful, or a negative error code. that's the whole vibe. 🌈

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

• kernel file: ./drivers/net/ipa/gsi.h
• gsi_setup(9)
• gsi_teardown(9)
• gsi_channel_tre_max(9)
• gsi_channel_stop(9)
• gsi_modem_channel_flow_control(9)
• gsi_channel_reset(9)
• gsi_suspend(9)
• gsi_resume(9)
• gsi_channel_suspend(9)
• gsi_channel_resume(9)
• gsi_init(9)
• gsi_exit(9)

signed off with 💖 from ./drivers/net/ipa — October 2026 — go start that channel, bestie! 🫶