rio_init_mbox_res(9)

💖 rio_init_mbox_res(9) 💖

okay bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual — yes, this is a real kernel manpage and yes we're gonna read it together like it's the group chat 🫶

---

✨ NAME ✨

rio_init_mbox_res — Initialize a RIO mailbox resource 💌

---

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

void rio_init_mbox_res (struct resource *res , int start , int end );

---

🌸 ARGUMENTS 🌸

• res — the resource struct, your main character of the hour 👑
• start — where the mailbox range starts, literally the beginning of the vibe ✨
• end — where the mailbox range ends, the finish line, the periodt 💅

---

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so what does this function actually do. It's the one you call to initialize the fields of a resource so it can be used as a mailbox resource 🎯 It sets up a whole range of mailboxes, using those start and end arguments you passed in — start goes in, end goes in, and the range is born. iconic behavior honestly 🌈

---

💜 SEE ALSO 💜

Kernel file ./include/linux/rio_drv.h — the place where all this lives, go read it iykyk 📖

• rio_local_read_config_32(9)
• rio_local_write_config_32(9)
• rio_local_read_config_16(9)
• rio_local_write_config_16(9)
• rio_local_read_config_8(9)
• rio_local_write_config_8(9)
• rio_read_config_32(9)
• rio_write_config_32(9)
• rio_read_config_16(9)
• rio_write_config_16(9)
• rio_read_config_8(9)
• rio_write_config_8(9)
• rio_send_doorbell(9)
• rio_init_dbell_res(9)
• RIO_DEVICE(9)
• rio_add_outb_message(9)
• rio_add_inb_buffer(9)
• rio_get_inb_message(9)
• rio_name(9)
• rio_get_drvdata(9)
• rio_set_drvdata(9)

---

bestie that's the whole page, no cap 💀 and before you close the tab — this little beauty lives in ./include/linux and the version/date stamp is October 2026, so yeah, we're reading a manpage from the future and it's lowkey slaying 🔥👑

mwah 💋 go init some mailboxes 🍓🧚