ishtp_cl_send_msg(9)

✨ ishtp_cl_send_msg(9) ✨

okay so this is a page from the Kernel API Manual bestie, and we're talking about ishtp_cl_send_msg — literally the function that sends your message out over DMA or IPC. pick your fighter, it decides for you 💅

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🌸 NAME 🌸

ishtp_cl_send_msg — send a message using DMA or IPC 🫶

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🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

void ishtp_cl_send_msg (struct ishtp_device *dev , struct ishtp_cl *cl
);

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• dev — the ISHTP device instance. the whole device vibe, the main character 👑
• cl — a pointer to the client device instance. your specific little client bestie 🌸

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💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

it sends the message using DMA or IPC — whichever one, it picks based on transfer_path. no cap, that's the whole thing. the transfer_path decides the route and off your message goes ✨

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🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

• Kernel file ./drivers/hid/intel-ish-hid/ishtp/client.c
• ishtp_read_list_flush(9)
• ishtp_cl_flush_queues(9)
• ishtp_cl_init(9)
• ishtp_cl_allocate(9)
• ishtp_cl_free(9)
• ishtp_cl_link(9)
• ishtp_cl_unlink(9)
• ishtp_cl_disconnect(9)
• ishtp_cl_is_other_connecting(9)
• ishtp_cl_connect_to_fw(9)
• ishtp_cl_connect(9)
• ishtp_cl_establish_connection(9)
• ishtp_cl_destroy_connection(9)
• ishtp_cl_read_start(9)
• ishtp_cl_send(9)
• ishtp_cl_read_complete(9)
• ipc_tx_send(9)
• ishtp_cl_send_msg_ipc(9)
• ishtp_cl_send_msg_dma(9)
• recv_ishtp_cl_msg(9)
• recv_ishtp_cl_msg_dma(9)

that's a whole friend group right there, go say hi 🫶💜

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and that's the page!! sign-off time: this little cutie lives at ./drivers/hid/intel-ish-hid/ishtp and it's dated October 2026 — yes, from the future, we stay ahead 💅✨ bye bestie, go send some messages 🎀