hinic_api_cmd_write(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 hinic_api_cmd_write — from the Kernel API Manual bestie, no cap 💅

Okay so this little icon is hinic_api_cmd_write, and yeah, the manual it lives in is literally called the Kernel API Manual. We are in kernel-land now, so grab a lil snack and let's go 🍓

✨ NAME ✨

hinic_api_cmd_write — the one that writes an API CMD command 🎀

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

int hinic_api_cmd_write (struct hinic_api_cmd_chain *chain , enum
hinic_node_id dest , u8 *cmd , u16 size );

That's the whole vibe check. int going in, int coming out, four args doing the absolute most 🫶

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

  • chain — the chain for the write command. Think of it as the group chat the message gets posted in 💬
  • dest — the destination node on the card that will receive the command. Like, who's the lucky recipient 👑
  • cmd — the command data itself, bestie. The actual message 🎀
  • size — the command size. Gotta know how much of the cmd we're actually sending, fr fr 📏

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

It returns 0 for Success and a negative value for Failure. That's the read. Zero is slay, negative is not me crying in the kernel 😭

Like, genuinely: check that return value. Negative means something went sideways, and it's not gonna text you back about it 💀

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

The source lives right here in the kernel, no cap:

  • ./drivers/net/ethernet/huawei/hinic/hinic_hw_api_cmd.c

And the whole friend group — every single one of these, mwah 👑

💅 that's the whole page, periodt 💅

And for the sign-off: this one came from the source at ./drivers/net/ethernet/huawei/... and is dated October 2026, page hinic_api_cmd_write(9) — mwah, drink some water, go read the rest of the chain functions 🧚💜

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