ipa_cmd_init(9)

💅 ipa_cmd_init(9) — the Kernel API Manual glow-up 🎀

okay so bestie, welcome to ipa_cmd_init — the little function from the Kernel API Manual that initializes IPA immediate commands ✨ no cap, that's literally the whole name section, and honestly? iconic.

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✨ NAME ✨

ipa_cmd_init — Initialize IPA immediate commands 💖

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

int ipa_cmd_init (struct ipa *ipa );

like, it takes one thing and gives you back an int. simple. clean. main character energy 👑

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• ipa — the IPA pointer 🫶 that's it, that's the argument. one (1) whole pointer.

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⭐ RETURN ⭐

• 0 if successful 🎉
• or a negative error code 😭 (so like… vibe check failed, check the sign)

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💜 DESCRIPTION 💜

bestie, listen — there is no need for a matching ipa_cmd_exit function. none. zero. don't go looking for one, don't @ me. it's giving self-sufficient 🧚✨

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🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

all the siblings, in the order the manpage says, no cap:

• Kernel file ./drivers/net/ipa/ipa_cmd.h — enum ipa_cmd_opcode(9)
• ipa_cmd_table_init_valid(9)
• ipa_cmd_pool_init(9)
• ipa_cmd_pool_exit(9)
• ipa_cmd_table_init_add(9)
• ipa_cmd_hdr_init_local_add(9)
• ipa_cmd_register_write_add(9)
• ipa_cmd_dma_shared_mem_add(9)
• ipa_cmd_pipeline_clear_add(9)
• ipa_cmd_pipeline_clear_count(9)
• ipa_cmd_pipeline_clear_wait(9)
• ipa_cmd_trans_alloc(9)

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and that's the whole page, bestie 💅 this little gem lives in ./drivers/net/ipa and it's stamped October 2026 — so like, future-core of the kernel docs 🦋 go read the source, mwah 🫶💖