set_type(9)

okay bestie, welcome to set_type(9) from the Kernel API Manual ✨ this one is all about setting a tuner type, and it’s giving “small function, big tuner energy.” 💅

💖 NAME 💖

set_type - Sets the tuner type for a given device.

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

void set_type (struct i2c_client *c , unsigned int type , unsigned int new_mode_mask , void *new_config , int (*tuner_callback) (void *dev, int component, int cmd, int arg) );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• c — i2c_client descriptor.
• type — type of the tuner (e. g. tuner number).
• new_mode_mask — indicates if tuner supports TV and/or Radio.
• new_config — an optional parameter used by a few tuners to adjust internal parameters, like LNA mode.
• tuner_callback — an optional function to be called when switching to analog mode.

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

This function applies the tuner config to tuner specified by tun_setup structure. It contains several per-tuner initialization "magic" — and yes, the manpage really says "magic," so you know it’s lowkey iconic. 🔥

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

go peek at these, iykyk:

• Kernel file ./drivers/media/v4l2-core/tuner-core.c
• enum tuner_pad_index(9)
• enum if_vid_dec_pad_index(9)
• tuner_s_type_addr(9)
• tuner_s_config(9)
• tuner_lookup(9)
• tuner_probe(9)
• tuner_remove(9)
• check_mode(9)
• set_mode(9)
• set_freq(9)
• set_tv_freq(9)
• tuner_fixup_std(9)
• set_radio_freq(9)
• tuner_status(9)
• tuner_standby(9)
• tuner_g_frequency(9)
• tuner_g_tuner(9)
• tuner_s_tuner(9)

xoxo, your Unix bestie 🫶 — this page comes from ./drivers/media/v4l2-core and is dated October 2026. slay. 💖