ir_raw_encode_carrier(9)

💅 ir_raw_encode_carrier 💅

ok so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual — this page is literally about ir_raw_encode_carrier(9) and it's lowkey so useful, i promise 🫶

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✨ NAME ✨

ir_raw_encode_carrier — Get carrier used for protocol 🎀

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

int ir_raw_encode_carrier (enum rc_proto protocol );

yes that's the whole thing. short king energy fr fr 👑

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• protocol — the protocol. that's it. that's the description. the manpage said "protocol" and honestly? iconic minimalism 💅

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💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

So what does it do? It attempts to find the carrier for the protocol you handed it. That's the whole vibe check — you give it a protocol, it goes looking for the matching carrier. no cap, that's it 🌈

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⭐ RETURN ⭐

It returns the carrier in Hz 🔥 — and if things go sideways it returns -EINVAL:

• when the protocol is invalid, or
• when no compatible encoder was found 😭

so yeah, check your return value, bestie. always. 👑

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🎀 SEE ALSO 🎀

Kernel file ./drivers/media/rc/rc-ir-raw.c, plus the whole friend group:

• ir_raw_event_store(9)
• ir_raw_event_store_edge(9)
• ir_raw_event_store_with_filter(9)
• ir_raw_event_set_idle(9)
• ir_raw_event_handle(9)
• ir_raw_gen_manchester(9)
• ir_raw_gen_pd(9)
• ir_raw_gen_pl(9)
• ir_raw_encode_scancode(9)
• ir_raw_edge_handle(9)

go read them all, iykwim 🧚💜

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ok bye bestie, this page lives in ./drivers/media/rc, it's dated October 2026, and it's from the Kernel API Manual — version whatever the kernel's serving that day 💀 slay, go encode some carriers 💅✨🍓