omap3xxx_restart(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 omap3xxx_restart(9) — like, the Kernel API Manual bestie ✨

okay so welcome to the glow-up of the Kernel API Manual page for omap3xxx_restart — yes that's the header, yes it's a mouthful, no we're not renaming it 🎀

✨ NAME ✨

omap3xxx_restart — trigger a software restart of the SoC

like, it makes the chip reboot itself. that's the whole vibe. 🔥

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

void omap3xxx_restart (enum reboot_mode mode , const char *cmd );

no cap, that's the exact signature — spaces and all, don't @ me 💅

🌸 ARGUMENTS 🌸

  • mode — the "reboot mode", bestie. and where do you find out about it? see arch/arm/kernel/{setup,process}.c 👀 that's literally where it lives.
  • cmd — this one gets passed in from the userspace program that's rebooting the system (if provided, that is — it's optional energy, not mandatory energy 🫶).

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

Resets the SoC. periodt. ✨

as for cmd — go peek at the 'reboot' syscall in kernel/sys.c, that's where the lore is 📖

and no return value. it's giving void, it's giving "I don't owe you a result", it's iconic 😌

lowkey important: this is a void function. there's literally nothing coming back, so don't go assigning it to anything 🙈

🔍 SEE ALSO 🔍

  • Kernel file ./arch/arm/mach-omap2/omap3-restart.c — the source of truth, go read it iykyk ⭐

and that's the whole page!! 🎀 mwah 💋

sign-off time: this lil masterpiece lives in ./arch/arm/mach-omap2, dated October 2026 — so like, future-coded but make it kernel 🌈🦋 see u in the source files bestie 🫶💜

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