mpic_start_timer(9)

💅 mpic_start_timer(9) 💅

okay so real talk, this is a page straight out of the Kernel API Manual, bestie, and it's about the moment you finally press GO on a hardware timer. she's short, she's sweet, she's iconic ✨

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🌸 NAME 🌸

mpic_start_timer — literally just start the hardware timer, that's it, that's the whole vibe 🔥

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🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

void mpic_start_timer (struct mpic_timer *handle );

no return value, no drama, she just does the thing 💅

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• handle — the timer that's getting started, like the actual timer you want to wake up. hand her over and let her cook 🫶

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⭐ DESCRIPTION ⭐

okay so here's what goes down: it will do the ->fn(->dev) callback from the hardware interrupt at the 'time64_t' point in the future. so you're basically booking a little interrupt-driven wake-up call for future-you, and future-you will be summoned through ->fn(->dev) when the clock hits that time64_t moment ⏰✨

no cap, that's the whole description. short queen energy 👑

heads up bestie: the callback fires from the hardware interrupt, so keep that in mind — that's your context, that's the vibe check you gotta pass 😭

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💜 SEE ALSO 💜

• Kernel file ./arch/powerpc/sysdev/mpic_timer.c — go read the source, iykyk 📖
• mpic_stop_timer(9)
• mpic_get_remain_time(9)
• mpic_free_timer(9)
• mpic_request_timer(9)

like, the whole timer friend group honestly 🌈

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and that's a wrap, bestie 🎀 this little gem lives in ./arch/powerpc/sysdev, dated October 2026, and it's filed under mpic_start_timer(9) — go start some timers, slay, and remember: interrupt context is not the place for a nap 💀💖