ice_dpll_sma_direction_set(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 ice_dpll_sma_direction_set(9) — the Kernel API Manual girlies 💅

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual, section 9. today's main character is ice_dpll_sma_direction_set, and yes she is exactly what she sounds like: the function that sets the direction of an SMA pin. slay. let's get into it 🎀

✨ NAME ✨

ice_dpll_sma_direction_set — set the direction of an SMA pin. that's it, that's the whole vibe 🦋

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

int ice_dpll_sma_direction_set (struct ice_dpll_pin *p , enum
dpll_pin_direction direction , struct netlink_ext_ack *extack );

literally the whole signature, no notes 💖

🫶 ARGUMENTS 🫶

  • p — pointer to a pin. that's your girl, she's the one getting her direction set 💅
  • direction — the requested direction of the pin. you're telling her which way to go, iconic behavior honestly
  • extack — error reporting. the messenger who tells you when things go sideways 😭

👑 DESCRIPTION 👑

wrapper for the dpll subsystem callback. it sets the direction of a SMA pin. that's the entire job and she does it with main character energy ✨

🔥 CONTEXT 🔥

call with pf->dplls.lock held. no cap, if you don't hold that lock you're doing it wrong, bestie 💀

⭐ RETURN ⭐

  • 0 — success, we ate, no crumbs 🍓
  • negative — failed to get state. yeah. it happens. the state said no 🙈

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

the whole friend group, in order, no gatekeeping:

like i said. the whole group chat. iykyk 💜

okay that's the page!! this little love letter lives in ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice and it's dated October 2026 — mwah, periodt, go hold that lock and set some directions 🔥👑🧚

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