issei_start(9)

✨ issei_start ✨

okay so bestie, welcome to the issei_start page 💖 this is a page from the Kernel API Manual (yes, the kernel has a manual, and yes, it's iconic 👑), and it's all about getting your HW device configured and then actually kicking off the processing thread. main character energy fr fr 🌸

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🎀 NAME 🎀

issei_start — configure HW device and start processing thread.

like literally that's the whole job: set the hardware up, then start the processing thread. no cap. ✨

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

int issei_start (struct issei_device *idev );

one function, one pointer, one vibe check. 💅

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🌈 ARGUMENTS 🌈

• idev — the device structure 🫶 this is your struct issei_device *, aka the thing you're handing over so it can do its thing. bestie must be valid, iykyk.

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⭐ RETURN ⭐

• 0 on success 💖 slay, everything worked
• < 0 on failure 😭 not slay, something went sideways — go check that negative number

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🧚 SEE ALSO 🧚

• Kernel file ./drivers/misc/issei/main.c — the source, if you wanna peek at what's actually going on in there 👀
• issei_stop(9) — the counterpart bestie 🌸 you start it, you stop it, it's a whole cycle

lowkey reminder: start it with issei_start, and when you're done, hit up issei_stop(9). balance. 💅

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and that's the page!! mwah 🫶 this came out of ./drivers/misc/issei, dated October 2026 — go forth and start some devices, bestie 💜🎀