oa_tc6_init(9)

🌸 NAME 🌸

okay bestie, welcome to the oa_tc6_init(9) page from the Kernel API Manual ✨ this one is short and sweet: oa_tc6_init is the function that allocates and initializes the oa_tc6 structure. that’s the whole vibe 💅

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

struct oa_tc6 * oa_tc6_init (struct spi_device *spi , struct net_device
*netdev , struct oa_tc6_quirks *quirks );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• spi — the device with which data will be exchanged. that’s your lil data-swap buddy 🫶
• netdev — the network device interface structure. very network, very interface, very struct net_device 💻
• quirks — device specific modifiers for the OA TC6 protocol. yes, the quirks — every device has its own little personality 😌

🦋 RETURN 🦋

you get back a pointer reference to the oa_tc6 structure if the MAC-PHY initialization is successful. otherwise? NULL. no cap, that’s the deal 💀

💜 SEE ALSO 💜

the kernel file is ./drivers/net/ethernet/oa_tc6.c — and it has a whole friend group:

• oa_tc6_read_registers(9)
• oa_tc6_read_register(9)
• oa_tc6_read_register_mms(9)
• oa_tc6_write_registers(9)
• oa_tc6_write_register(9)
• oa_tc6_write_register_mms(9)
• oa_tc6_zero_align_receive_frame_enable(9)
• oa_tc6_start_xmit(9)
• oa_tc6_exit(9)

mwah 💋 this lil page lives under ./drivers/net/ethernet, dated October 2026 — slay and goodbye, bestie 🎀✨