saa711x_detect_chip(9)

💅 NAME 💅

okay bestie, welcome to saa711x_detect_chip(9), a page from the Kernel API Manual. Its whole thing? saa711x_detect_chip — detects the saa711x (or clone) variant. literally its entire job. it's giving chip detective energy. 💖

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

int saa711x_detect_chip (struct i2c_client *client , const struct
       i2c_device_id *id , char *name );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• client — the I2C client structure. your main character struct, basically.
• id — the I2C device ID structure. the little ID card.
• name — the name of the device to be filled. yes, it gets filled in; we do not fill it in ourselves, the function handles that.

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so okay: this function detects the Philips/NXP saa711x chip, or some clone of it. iconic behavior, no cap.

if id is NULL or id->driver_data is equal to 1, it auto-probes the analog demod. simple as that.

if the tuner is not found, it returns -ENODEV. not found = not found, bestie.

if auto-detection is disabled and the tuner doesn't match what it was required, it returns -EINVAL and fills name. so yes, name is getting content in that case too.

if the chip is found, it returns the chip ID and fills name. slay.

🌸 SEE ALSO 🌸

• Kernel file ./drivers/media/i2c/saa7115.c — the source material, the required reading, the origin story. iykyk.

and that's the whole page, bestie ✨ — source path ./drivers/media/i2c, dated October 2026, and it's saa711x_detect_chip(9). byeeee 🫶💖