knav_dma_open_channel(9)

✨ NAME ✨

okay so this is knav_dma_open_channel(9) from the Kernel API Manual, and it's giving “try to setup an exclusive slave channel” energy 💅. Like, the whole mission is attempting to set up an exclusive slave channel, and that's iconic.

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

void * knav_dma_open_channel (struct device *dev , const char *name ,
       struct knav_dma_cfg *config );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• dev — pointer to client device structure, aka the device struct doing the asking 🫶
• name — slave channel name, literally the name of the channel you're eyeing 👑
• config — dma configuration parameters, so the config struct with the DMA settings ⭐

🦋 RETURN 🦋

On success, you get a pointer to the appropriate DMA channel 🔥. On error, it's NULL, bestie — that's the signal 😭. No cap.

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• Kernel file ./drivers/soc/ti/knav_dma.c — the source file, iykyk 📁
• knav_dma_close_channel(9) — the close-channel reference, right there in the see-also lineup 💜

bye bestie 💖 — this page's source/version is ./drivers/soc/ti, dated October 2026, and that's periodt 🎀