STRUCT ICVS_DEVICE_QUIRK(9)

πŸ“¦ version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

✨ struct icvs_device_quirk(9) ✨

okay bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual β€” section 9, the one where we talk about kernel structures. and today's main character is struct icvs_device_quirk, aka the device-specific quirk entry. it's literally the little card that says "this exact device? yeah, it's quirky like that." πŸŽ€


🌸 NAME 🌸

struct icvs_device_quirk β€” a device-specific quirk entry. that's it, that's the vibe. one device, one entry, one set of quirks. periodt. πŸ’…


πŸ¦‹ SYNOPSIS πŸ¦‹

struct icvs_device_quirk {
    u16 vid;
    u16 pid;
    unsigned long quirks;
 };

no cap, that's the whole struct. three members, zero drama.


πŸ’– MEMBERS πŸ’–

  • vid β€” the Vendor ID, i.e. who made this thing 🏷️
  • pid β€” the Product ID, i.e. which exact thing did they make 🎯
  • quirks β€” the quirk flags for this device. this is where the ✨personality✨ lives. all the weird little behaviors this specific device needs get flagged right here, bestie. πŸ”₯

πŸ‘‘ SEE ALSO πŸ‘‘

first up, the kernel file this all hangs out in: ./drivers/media/i2c/cvs/icvs.h β€” go say hi, it's iconic. 🫢

then the whole friend group, in the order the manual gives them:

  • enum icvs_csi_cmd_id(9)
  • enum icvs_csi_link_owner(9)
  • enum icvs_csi_privacy_status(9)
  • enum icvs_csi_pads(9)
  • CVS device quirk flags(9)
  • struct icvs_dt_config(9)
  • struct icvs_vc_config(9)
  • struct icvs_link_cfg(9)
  • struct icvs_fw_version(9)
  • struct icvs_vid_pid(9)
  • struct icvs_mipi_data_packet(9)
  • struct icvs_mipi_read_packet(9)
  • struct icvs_dev_capabilities(9)
  • struct icvs_cmd(9)
  • struct icvs_resp(9)
  • enum icvs_resources(9)
  • enum icvs_command(9)
  • enum icvs_state(9)
  • struct icvs(9)
  • cvs_dev(9)

like, that's the entire group chat and every single one of them is invited. no one gets left on read. πŸ’€


ngl bestie, if you're poking at a device that's acting weird, vid + pid is how you find its entry, and quirks is how you find out what it's going through. iykyk. πŸ™ˆ

that's the whole page, fr fr. brought to you by ./drivers/media/i2c/cvs, dated October 2026, and yes β€” struct icvs_device_quirk(9) is a whole icon, we stan. mwah πŸ’‹βœ¨

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