most_start_channel(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

✨ most_start_channel ✨

okay bestie, so this one lives in the Kernel API Manual (yes, that manual, the one you keep open in another tab and never close 💅) and it's called most_start_channel — which, as the NAME section fr fr tells you, is the function that prepares a channel for communication. iconic behavior honestly 🎀

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

int most_start_channel (struct most_interface *iface , int id , struct
most_component *comp );

look at her. returning an int, taking three args, living her best life. we love a signature with range 😌✨

💖 ARGUMENTS 💖

  • iface — pointer to the interface instance, aka the ✨interface✨ herself, the whole vibe
  • id — the channel ID, because every channel needs a name, iykyk 🏷️
  • comp — the driver component, the little driver that could 🚗💨

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

so what does she actually do? this function prepares the channel for usage — sets her up, gets her ready, the whole glow-up 🧚‍♀️ and along the way it cross-checks whether the channel's been properly configured, because we do NOT ship an unconfigured channel in this house, no cap 🔥

and then — the part you're waiting for — she returns 0 on success or an error code otherwise. so like, 0 is the slay 💀 anything else is a "not me" moment. always check the return value bestie, I'm begging 🙈

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

the kernel file ./drivers/most/core.c and her entire friend group:

like, that's a whole group chat right there — go read all of them, they ate 💅✨

and remember: 0 = slay, non-zero = go read the error code before you @ me 😭🫶

kisses and good vibes only, this page lives in ./drivers/most and it's stamped October 2026 🎀 ⭐

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