intel_scu_ipc_dev_ioread8(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

✨ intel_scu_ipc_dev_ioread8 ✨

okay so real talk, this is a page from the Kernel API Manual and it's about reading literally one (1) single byte through the SCU 🎀 like yes bestie we are going that granular

🌸 NAME 🌸

intel_scu_ipc_dev_ioread8 — read a byte via the SCU 💅

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

int intel_scu_ipc_dev_ioread8 (struct intel_scu_ipc_dev *scu , u16 addr
, u8 *data );

that's the whole thing. commit it to memory, it's giving minimal and iconic ✨

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

  • scu — your optional SCU IPC instance 🫶 (optional!! like it can be NULL-adjacent vibes, the page literally calls it optional)
  • addr — the register on the SCU you wanna poke at 📍
  • data — return pointer for the read byte, so the byte comes back out through here ⭐

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

Read a single register. That's it, that's the function 😌

Returns 0 on success or an error code — so like, check it, bestie, don't just assume it ate 🙈

All locking between SCU accesses is handled for the caller. no cap, you don't have to do any of that yourself, it's already done for you, you're welcome 💅

⚠️ important vibe check: this function may sleep. so do NOT call it from atomic context, fr fr, that's not the moment 😭

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

Kernel file ./drivers/platform/x86/intel_scu_ipc.c — go read the source, iykyk 👑

the whole friend group, honestly, they all ate 🔥

and that's the page!! 💜 mwah 💋

this lil masterpiece lives in ./drivers/platform/x86 and it's dated October 2026 — see you there bestie, stay hydrated and don't forget to check your return codes 🍓🧚

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