sdca_asoc_get_port(9)

💅 sdca_asoc_get_port(9)

okay so this is a page from the Kernel API Manual — yes bestie, sdca_asoc_get_port(9) is literally the whole main character here, we're reading kernel docs together and honestly? iconic. 🎀

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✨ NAME ✨

sdca_asoc_get_port — returns the SoundWire port for a DAI 🦋

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

int sdca_asoc_get_port (struct device *dev , struct regmap *regmap ,
       struct sdca_function_data *function , struct snd_soc_dai *dai );

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💖 ARGUMENTS 💖

• dev — pointer to the device, and like… it's the one that gets used for error messages 🫶 so when things go sideways, dev is the one holding the receipts.
• regmap — pointer to the Function register map ✨ the whole map, no cap.
• function — pointer to the Function information 💜 this is where the lore lives.
• dai — pointer to the ASoC DAI 🌸 yep, that's the one.

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🌈 DESCRIPTION 🌈

Typically called from hw_params. that's it, that's the whole description — but honestly? it's giving "short and mysterious" and we respect it 🙈✨

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🔥 RETURN 🔥

Returns a positive port number on success 🎉 and a negative error code on failure 😭 (ngl, when you see the negative one, that's your vibe check failing fr fr).

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

Kernel file ./sound/soc/sdca/sdca_asoc.c, plus the whole squad — go say hi to all of them:

• sdca_asoc_count_component(9)
• sdca_asoc_pde_poll_actual_ps(9)
• sdca_asoc_populate_dapm(9)
• sdca_asoc_populate_controls(9)
• sdca_asoc_populate_dais(9)
• sdca_asoc_populate_component(9)
• sdca_asoc_set_constraints(9)
• sdca_asoc_free_constraints(9)
• sdca_asoc_hw_params(9)

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okay and for the cute sign-off: this little beauty lives in ./sound/soc/sdca 🌸 and it's dated October 2026, so mark your calendars bestie 💅⭐ periodt.