ice_dpll_pi...irection_get(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

✨ ice_dpll_pin_sw_direction_get 💅

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual entry for ice_dpll_pi...irection_get(9) — yes the title is truncated with dots, that's just how it's rendered, don't panic 🫶. This is the page for ice_dpll_pin_sw_direction_get, and it's literally the callback that tells you which way a software pin is facing. Iconic behavior, no cap.

🌸 NAME 🌸

ice_dpll_pin_sw_direction_get — the callback for getting the SW pin direction 💖

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

int ice_dpll_pin_sw_direction_get (const struct dpll_pin *pin , void
*pin_priv , const struct dpll_device *dpll , void *dpll_priv , enum
dpll_pin_direction *direction , struct netlink_ext_ack *extack );

like, six arguments, one int coming back. she's got a lot going on but she handles it 💅

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

  • pin — pointer to a pin ✨ literally just a pin pointer, that's the whole vibe
  • pin_priv — the private data pointer that got passed on pin registration 🍓
  • dpll — the registered dpll pointer, your main character struct 👑
  • dpll_priv — the private data pointer passed on dpll registration 🧚
  • direction — on success this holds the pin direction, so like, that's where the answer lives 💫
  • extack — error reporting 📢 (for when things go sideways, and they might 😭)

💜 DESCRIPTION 💜

so this is a Dpll subsystem callback, okay? it's the handler for getting the direction of a SMA pin 🌈. That's it, that's the job. She gets directions. Slay.

🔥 CONTEXT 🔥

bestie, listen — this one acquires and releases pf->dplls.lock 🔒. Locks in, locks out. Respect the lock fr fr.

⭐ RETURN ⭐

  • 0 — success 🎉 periodt
  • negative — error 💀 like, it didn't go great

🌟 SEE ALSO 🌟

the Kernel file lives at ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_dpll.c — and here's the whole friend group, everybody in the ice_dpll.c cinematic universe 🫶

lowkey that's a LOT of see-also links and every single one of them is staying. iykyk 💅

and that's the page bestie!! 🎀 this lil beauty lives in ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice and it's dated October 2026 — mark your calendars, the future is now 🌈✨💖

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