prepare_cell_ctrl(9)

💖 prepare_cell_ctrl(9) 💖

okay so bestie, welcome to prepare_cell_ctrl(9) — it's from the Kernel API Manual, and it's giving “tiny helper with a very specific job” energy. No cap. ✨

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🌸 NAME 🌸

prepare_cell_ctrl — prepare the ctrl of the cell for the command. That's literally the whole name note, and yes, it's iconic. 💅

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

void prepare_cell_ctrl (u64 *cell_ctrl , u16 data_size );

the signature is right there, bestie — void, pointer, size, done. 🫶

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• cell_ctrl — the control of the cell to set the control value into it</b> It's a u64 *, so yeah, pointer moment. 🦋
• data_size — the size of the data in the cell. It's a u16, and that's the whole tea. 🍓

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🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

Kernel file first, because bestie, that's the source of truth: ./drivers/net/ethernet/huawei/hinic/hinic_hw_api_cmd.c ✨

and here's the whole (9) squad, in the order the page gives them:

• chain_busy(9)
• get_cell_data_size(9)
• prepare_api_cmd(9)
• prepare_cell(9)
• api_cmd_status_update(9)
• wait_for_status_poll(9)
• wait_for_api_cmd_completion(9)
• api_cmd(9)
• hinic_api_cmd_write(9)
• api_cmd_hw_restart(9)
• api_cmd_ctrl_init(9)
• api_cmd_set_status_addr(9)
• api_cmd_set_num_cells(9)
• api_cmd_head_init(9)
• api_cmd_chain_hw_clean(9)
• api_cmd_chain_hw_init(9)
• free_cmd_buf(9)
• alloc_cmd_buf(9)
• api_cmd_create_cell(9)
• api_cmd_destroy_cell(9)
• api_cmd_destroy_cells(9)
• api_cmd_create_cells(9)
• api_chain_init(9)
• api_chain_free(9)
• api_cmd_create_chain(9)
• api_cmd_destroy_chain(9)
• hinic_api_cmd_init(9)
• hinic_api_cmd_free(9)

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that's the whole vibe, bestie 💋 — source/version: ./drivers/net/ethernet/huawei/... · date: October 2026 🎀