nfc_activate_target(9)

✨ nfc_activate_target(9) ✨

okay bestie, so we're diving into the Kernel API Manual for real today 💅 this one is all about getting your NFC target ready to actually do stuff — like, data exchange mode: activated 🔥

🌸 NAME 🌸

nfc_activate_target — the function that preps your target for data exchange, no cap

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

int nfc_activate_target (struct nfc_dev *dev , u32 target_idx , u32
protocol );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• dev — the nfc device that found the target, like the main character that spotted it 👑
• target_idx — the index of the target that must be activated, iykyk which one you mean 🎯
• protocol — the nfc protocol that's gonna be used for data exchange, this is the vibe we're communicating on 💬

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• Kernel file ./net/nfc/core.c
• nfc_fw_download_done(9)
• nfc_dev_up(9)
• nfc_dev_down(9)
• nfc_start_poll(9)
• nfc_stop_poll(9)
• nfc_deactivate_target(9)
• nfc_data_exchange(9)
• nfc_alloc_send_skb(9)
• nfc_alloc_recv_skb(9)
• nfc_targets_found(9)
• nfc_target_lost(9)
• nfc_allocate_device(9)
• nfc_register_device(9)
• nfc_unregister_rfkill(9)
• nfc_remove_device(9)
• nfc_unregister_device(9)

💖 fr fr this is the whole fam of nfc functions — go check them out if you wanna understand the full lore, periodt

okay that's the whole page bestie! sourced from ./net/nfc and dated October 2026 — slay, go activate some targets responsibly 🫶💜