ir_rc6_encode(9)

✨ ir_rc6_encode(9) — Kernel API Manual 🌸

okay so bestie, this is the kernel page for ir_rc6_encode(9) — it's giving "turn a scancode into a stream of raw events" energy, and we are keeping every single deet. no cap. 💅

💖 NAME 💖

ir_rc6_encode — Encode a scancode as a stream of raw events

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

int ir_rc6_encode (enum rc_proto protocol , u32 scancode , struct
       ir_raw_event *events , unsigned int max );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• protocol — the protocol to encode, bestie
• scancode — the scancode to encode
• events — array of raw ir events to write into
• max — maximum size of events

💀 RETURN 💀

• The number of events written.
• -ENOBUFS if there isn't enough space in the array to fit the encoding. In this case all max events will have been written.
• -EINVAL if the scancode is ambiguous or invalid.

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

Kernel file ./drivers/media/rc/ir-rc6-decoder.c ir_rc6_decode(9)

💜 k bye bestie — source/version is ./drivers/media/rc, it's dated October 2026, and the page is literally ir_rc6_encode(9) 🎀✨🫶