ks8851_wrreg16_spi(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 ks8851_wrreg16_spi — the Kernel API Manual, but make it cute

okay so bestie, welcome to ks8851_wrreg16_spi, straight out of the Kernel API Manual ✨ it's giving "tiny function, big responsibilities," and honestly? We stan a 16-bit write. 🎀

✨ NAME ✨

ks8851_wrreg16_spi — write a 16-bit register value to the chip via SPI 🦋

like, that's literally it. that's the whole vibe. one job, done slayfully. 💅

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

void ks8851_wrreg16_spi (struct ks8851_net *ks , unsigned int reg ,
       unsigned int val );

no return value, no drama, just vibes and side effects 🫶

💖 ARGUMENTS 💖

  • ks — the chip state 👑 this is your main character struct, the whole struct ks8851_net * moment
  • reg — the register address 🌈 the exact spot on the chip you're writing into, no cap
  • val — the value to write 🍓 the 16-bit payload itself, the actual content of the message

🔥 DESCRIPTION 🔥

Issue a write to put the value val into the register specified in reg.

periodt. 💀 that's the entire function. you hand it the chip state, you hand it an address, you hand it a value, and it goes and writes it over SPI. lowkey iconic that something so simple gets its own manpage entry, but tbh that's the kernel for you — every little helper is a star in its own right. ⭐

not me explaining a two-line function like it's deep, but fr fr: ks tells it which chip, reg tells it where, and val tells it what. three ingredients, one legendary write. 🧚

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

the whole friend group honestly 😭 go read them, they're all part of the same ks8851 SPI clique 💜

ngl this function does exactly one thing and does it well — write val into reg on the chip referenced by ks. no hidden tricks in here, bestie, the manpage is short and sweet on purpose 🫶

and that's a wrap, babe 🎀 brought to you by ./drivers/net/ethernet/micrel, dated October 2026, and filed under ks8851_wrreg16_spi(9) — see you in the next manpage, mwah 💋✨

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