nct6694_read_msg(9)

💖 nct6694_read_msg(9) 💖

ok so this is a page from the Kernel API Manual, bestie — it's nct6694_read_msg(9) and it's literally the little function that goes and gets your data back from the NCT6694 chip. no cap, it's short, but it's iconic.

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✨ NAME ✨

nct6694_read_msg — Read message from NCT6694 device 🫶

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

int nct6694_read_msg (struct nct6694 *nct6694 , const struct
       nct6694_cmd_header *cmd_hd , void *buf );

like, three args, in that exact order, okay? don't come for me. 💅

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• nct6694 — NCT6694 device pointer ✨ (yes it's the device, it's giving "who am I talking to")
• cmd_hd — command header structure 🌈 (this is the ~ask~, the vibe you're sending over)
• buf — buffer to store the response data 🦋 (this is where the answer lands, bestie — you bring the bucket, the chip fills it)

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🔥 DESCRIPTION 🔥

okay so here's the tea: nct6694_read_msg sends a command to the NCT6694 device and reads the response back. fr fr, that's the whole job. 🧚

the command header you want is passed in through cmd_hd, and the response data gets stored in buf. literally send + receive, main character energy. 👑

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⭐ RETURN ⭐

• Negative value on error 😭 (it went wrong, that's the sad path)
• 0 on success ✨ (slay, we got it)

lowkey important: it's negative on error, not positive. zero is the win. don't flip it, i'm begging. 🙈

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• Kernel file ./drivers/mfd/nct6694.c 📁
• nct6694_write_msg(9) 💜 — the other half of the duo, the send to this read. go check it out iykyk

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and that's the page!! 💖 this one came out of ./drivers/mfd and it's dated October 2026, so yeah — write it down, screenshot it, whatever, it's canon now. mwah 🍓💅