ir_sharp_encode(9)

✨ NAME ✨

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ir_sharp_encode - Encode a scancode as a stream of raw events

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

okay so here's the whole glow-up signature, exactly as it appears:

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

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• protocol — the protocol to encode. like, which infrared flavor are we serving today? 👑
• scancode — the scancode to encode. this is the main character number being turned into a whole event stream ✨
• events — array of raw ir events to write into. the group chat where the encoded bits get posted 🫶
• max — maximum size of events. the hard limit, no overflow era 💅

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💅 RETURN 💅

Returns the number of events written 💖

If there isn't enough space in the array to fit the encoding, you get -ENOBUFS 😭 and in this case all max events will have been written. no cap, that's literally the deal.

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• Kernel file ./drivers/media/rc/ir-sharp-decoder.c
• ir_sharp_decode(9)

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sourced from ./drivers/media/rc, dated October 2026, from the Kernel API Manual besties — mwah, slay, bye 🫶💋🌸