octeon_i2c_start(9)

👑 octeon_i2c_start(9) 👑

okay bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual 💖 this page is literally about one tiny but iconic move: sending START to the bus. no cap, that's the whole vibe.

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💖 NAME 💖

octeon_i2c_start — send START to the bus ✨

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

int octeon_i2c_start (struct octeon_i2c *i2c );

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• i2c — the struct octeon_i2c in question 🫶 literally just that.

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🦋 RETURN 🦋

0 on success, otherwise a negative errno. so: 0 = slay, negative errno = your little error situation 🌈

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🌟 SEE ALSO 🌟

• Kernel file: ./drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-octeon-core.c 📁
• octeon_i2c_wait(9)
• octeon_i2c_hlc_wait(9)
• octeon_i2c_read(9)
• octeon_i2c_write(9)
• octeon_i2c_hlc_block_comp_read(9)
• octeon_i2c_hlc_block_comp_write(9)
• octeon_i2c_xfer(9)

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mwah 💋 this page lives under ./drivers/i2c/busses, dated October 2026, and it's all about octeon_i2c_start(9). byeee 🫶✨