ir_sony_encode(9)

💖 ir_sony_encode(9) — the kernel API manual, but make it cute 🎀

okay so bestie, welcome to ir_sony_encode(9) ✨ this is a page from the Kernel API Manual and it's literally all about turning a scancode into a little parade of raw IR events. no cap, it's giving "translator for the infrared girlies" 💅

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🌸 NAME 🌸

ir_sony_encode — Encode a scancode as a stream of raw events 🦋

like. that's the whole vibe. one scancode in, a whole stream of events out. iconic.

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

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

that's the signature, bestie — copied character for character, I would never do you dirty like that 🫶

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• protocol — the protocol to encode 💫 like, which dialect of IR we're speaking rn
• scancode — the scancode to encode 🔥 this is the thing you're translating
• events — array of raw ir events to write into 🌈 this is where the output goes, it's the canvas, it's the main character
• max — maximum size of events 📏 the absolute limit, the boundaries, the "know your limits" moment

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💀 RETURN 💀

So here's what you get back, and honestly pay attention because this is the important part:

• The number of events written. 🎉 slay, it worked, here's your count
• -ENOBUFS if there isn't enough space in the array to fit the encoding 😭 okay so the array was too small, it's not you it's the buffer
  • and ngl, in that case all max events will have been written — like it fills up everything it possibly can and then tells you it ran out of room. it's doing its best, fr fr 🙈

⚠️ bestie please check the return value. -ENOBUFS means your array got absolutely stuffed to the brim and the encoding did not fully fit. that's a real caveat, not a vibe check you can skip 💅

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🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

• Kernel file ./drivers/media/rc/ir-sony-decoder.c 🌟
• ir_sony_decode(9) 💜 — the other half of the duo, the decoder to this encoder, the remix to this original

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and that's the page!! go forth and encode, you absolute legend 👑💖

this little meet-cute happened in ./drivers/media/rc, dated October 2026 — mwah, love u, bye 💋✨