STRUCT TPIC2810(9)
π struct tpic2810 β GPIO driver data π
okay bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual page for struct tpic2810, and trust me when I say this little struct is literally the blueprint for a whole GPIO driver. it's giving "small but mighty" and we're gonna read it together, line by line, no skips π«Ά
β¨ NAME β¨
struct tpic2810 β the GPIO driver data, periodt π
πΈ SYNOPSIS πΈ
here's the whole vibe, like, exactly as it lives in the source:
struct tpic2810 {
struct gpio_chip chip;
struct i2c_client *client;
u8 buffer;
struct mutex lock;
};
four members. that's it. that's the whole main character π
π¦ Members π¦
chipβ the GPIO controller chip itself. this is the actual GPIO-ness of the whole situation, bestie πclientβ a pointer to the I2C device. yep, that's the device's I2C side πbufferβ the buffer for the device register. it's au8, she's small, she's holding register data πlockβ astruct mutexthat protects write sequences. ngl, do NOT skip this one β it's the thing keeping your writes from stepping on each other π
lowkey a reminder: lock protects write sequences. that's its whole job and it takes the job very seriously π₯
β SEE ALSO β
- Kernel file
./drivers/gpio/gpio-tpic2810.cβ go read the real thing, iykyk π«
alright bestie, that's the whole page π this was the Kernel API Manual dropping struct tpic2810(9) on ya, brought to you from ./drivers/gpio β dated October 2026, no cap. now go forth and slay those GPIO drivers β¨ππ¦
π¦ where this page comes from
- nixpkgs unstable: linux-manual 7.3.1
- π girlified by deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-1017 on : a language model's rewrite of the original, under its terms