ingenic_ecc_calculate(9)

💖 NAME 💖

okay so welcome to the ingenic_ecc_calculate(9) page from the Kernel API Manual ✨ and bestie, it's literally all about one thing: ingenic_ecc_calculate — calculate ECC for a data buffer 🎀 no cap.

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

it's giving very specific signature energy, so copy it exactly:

int ingenic_ecc_calculate (struct ingenic_ecc *ecc , struct ingenic_ecc_params *params , const u8 *buf , u8 *ecc_code );

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• ecc — ECC device. the actual device, main character energy 💅
• params — ECC parameters. the settings/vibe check for the ECC situation 🫶
• buf — input buffer with raw data. the raw data goes in here, periodt 🍓
• ecc_code — output buffer with ECC.</output> the ECC result comes out here ✨

💜 RETURN 💜

• 0 on success — slay, it worked 👑
• -ETIMEDOUT if timed out while waiting for ECC controller — oop, the wait ghosted us 😭

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

go read these besties, iykyk:

• Kernel file ./drivers/mtd/nand/raw/ingenic/ingenic_ecc.c 📁
• ingenic_ecc_correct(9)
• ingenic_ecc_get(9)
• of_ingenic_ecc_get(9)
• ingenic_ecc_release(9)

final vibe check: this cutie lives in ./drivers/mtd/nand/raw/ingenic, dated October 2026, from the Kernel API Manual. bye bestie, mwah 🫶💋✨