inv_mpu_magn_set_orient(9)

💅 inv_mpu_magn_set_orient — like, the whole vibe check ✨

okay so bestie, we're in the Kernel API Manual today and this page is called inv_mpu_magn_set_orient. yes it's a mouthful, no you don't have to say it out loud 🫶

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✨ NAME ✨

inv_mpu_magn_set_orient — fills in the magnetometer mounting matrix, that's the whole job 💖

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

int inv_mpu_magn_set_orient (struct inv_mpu6050_state *st );

like, that's it. one arg, one int coming back at you ✨

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• st — the driver's internal state. that's the whole thing, she's carrying everything 🌸

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🔥 DESCRIPTION 🔥

so the way this works: you call her, she returns 0 on success 💚. if something goes sideways she hits you with a negative error code instead, no cap 😭.

what she actually does: she fills the magnetometer mounting matrix using the chip matrix you hand her. that's the entire plot, and honestly? iconic 👑

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• Kernel file ./drivers/iio/imu/inv_mpu6050/inv_mpu_magn.c — go read it, iykyk 📖
• inv_mpu_magn_probe(9)
• inv_mpu_magn_set_rate(9)
• inv_mpu_magn_read(9)

the whole friend group fr fr 💜

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ngl bestie, that's the entire page. short, sweet, and she ate 💅

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okay that's a wrap 🎀 this one lives over in ./drivers/iio/imu/inv_mpu6050 and the page is dated October 2026 — see you in the next one, muah 💋🧚