nvmem_cell_read_u16(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💖 nvmem_cell_read_u16(9) 💖

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual — this one is short and sweet and it's literally just "read a cell value as a u16". That's the whole vibe. One job. Iconic behavior, honestly.

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

int nvmem_cell_read_u16 (struct device *dev , const char *cell_id , u16
       *val );

like, look at her. tiny signature, big main character energy 🎀

🌸 ARGUMENTS 🌸

  • dev — the struct device * that's asking for the nvmem cell. it's giving "hi yes this is mine, i'm requesting it" 🫶
  • cell_id — the name of the nvmem cell you wanna read. const char *, obviously. you gotta know her name to call her 💅
  • val — pointer to the output value, type u16 *. this is where the answer lands. it's the little mailbox where your number gets dropped off 🍓

⭐ RETURN ⭐

0 on success, or a negative errno if things went sideways. no cap — check it, bestie, don't just rawdog the return value 😭

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

the whole friend group lives in the kernel file ./drivers/nvmem/core.c — go say hi to:

every single one of them, we don't leave anyone on read 👑 and yeah, the u8, u32 and u64 girlies are all right there — pick your width, periodt 💜

ngl this one's a snack: you pass dev, you pass cell_id, you get a u16 in *val. that's it. that's the function. slay 🔥

and that's a wrap, bestie!! 🌈 filed under ./drivers/nvmem, dated October 2026, and yes the page name is literally nvmem_cell_read_u16(9) — go read some cells, ily, bye 💖✨

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