ishtp_cl_send_msg_ipc(9)

💖 ishtp_cl_send_msg_ipc(9) 💖

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✨ NAME ✨

ishtp_cl_send_msg_ipc - Send message using IPC

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

the signature, verbatim, periodt:

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

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• dev — ISHTP device instance, aka the device in question 🫶
• cl — Pointer to client device instance, yes bestie, a pointer 💅

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

Send message over IPC not using DMA. That’s the whole vibe. 💀✨

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

Kernel file: ./drivers/hid/intel-ish-hid/ishtp/client.c — that’s where the source lives, iykyk. 👑

also peek at these besties:

• 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_dma(9)
• ishtp_cl_send_msg(9)
• recv_ishtp_cl_msg(9)
• recv_ishtp_cl_msg_dma(9)

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