scmi_reset_assert(9)

💅 scmi_reset_assert — it's giving "assert that reset" energy

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual ✨ this one lives in the kernel API pages and it's literally all about slapping an assert on a device's reset line via the ARM SCMI protocol. no cap, it's short and sweet 🎀

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

int scmi_reset_assert (struct reset_controller_dev *rcdev , unsigned
long id );

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🫶 ARGUMENTS 🫶

• rcdev — the reset controller entity itself 💫 like, the whole reset-controller situation you're working with
• id — the ID of the reset you wanna assert 🌸 which specific reset is getting the treatment

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💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

so this function is the glow-up that implements the reset driver op — its whole job is to assert a device's reset using the ARM SCMI protocol 🔥 that's it, that's the vibe. it's the assert side of the story, and it's literally doing exactly what it says on the tin 👑

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🌈 RETURN 🌈

• 0 — successful request, slay 💅 everything went off without a hitch
• anything else — a corresponding error value 😭 aka it did not go off, go check the error

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🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

• Kernel file ./drivers/reset/reset-scmi.c — the source file where all this lives 📁
• struct scmi_reset_data(9)
• scmi_reset_deassert(9) — the deassert bestie, the other half of the duo 🫶
• scmi_reset_reset(9) — the full reset one, also iconic

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ngl bestie, if you're here you probably want scmi_reset_deassert(9) too — they're a matching set 💜

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and that's the tea 🍓 this page came straight out of ./drivers/reset and it's dated October 2026 — so go forth, assert those resets, and remember: error value ≠ 0 means something's wrong, fr fr 💀✨