qmi_send_indication(9)

💖 qmi_send_indication(9) 💖

okay so real talk bestie, this is a Kernel API Manual page — that's the vibe, that's the genre — and it's literally all about yeeting an indication QMI message out into the world. no cap, that's the whole thing. let's get into it 🫶

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✨ NAME ✨

qmi_send_indication — send an indication QMI message 💅

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

ssize_t qmi_send_indication (struct qmi_handle *qmi , struct
       sockaddr_qrtr *sq , int msg_id , size_t len , const struct qmi_elem_info
       *ei , const void *c_struct );

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

so there are exactly six things you're handing over here, and every single one matters. no skipping, i see you 👀

• qmi — the QMI client handle. this is your main character, the whole reason we're here 💫
• sq — the destination sockaddr. like, where's it going? this. this is where it's going.
• msg_id — the message id. yes it's called that, yes that's what it is 🎀
• len — the max length of the QMI message. maximum. cap it. 🔥
• ei — the QMI message description, aka the struct qmi_elem_info situation 🧚
• c_struct — the object to be encoded. it's giving "raw material" energy ✨

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👑 RETURN 👑

• 0 on success 💖
• a negative errno on failure 😭

that's it. that's the whole contract. slay.

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

the kernel file lives at ./drivers/soc/qcom/qmi_interface.c and like… the friend group is huge. go say hi to all of them, iykyk:

• qmi_recv_new_server(9)
• qmi_recv_del_server(9)
• qmi_recv_bye(9)
• qmi_recv_del_client(9)
• qmi_add_lookup(9)
• qmi_add_server(9)
• qmi_txn_init(9)
• qmi_txn_wait(9)
• qmi_txn_cancel(9)
• qmi_invoke_handler(9)
• qmi_handle_net_reset(9)
• qmi_handle_init(9)
• qmi_handle_release(9)
• qmi_send_message(9)
• qmi_send_request(9)
• qmi_send_response(9)

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okay that's the page!! 🎀 and for the cute little sign-off moment: this one comes to you from ./drivers/soc/qcom, dated October 2026, and it will forever be known as qmi_send_indication(9). periodt 💜🦋