STRUCT TPIC2810(9)

πŸ“¦ version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

πŸ’– struct tpic2810 β€” GPIO driver data πŸ’–

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 🫢


✨ NAME ✨

struct tpic2810 β€” the GPIO driver data, periodt πŸ’…


🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

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 πŸŽ€


πŸ¦‹ Members πŸ¦‹

  • chip β€” the GPIO controller chip itself. this is the actual GPIO-ness of the whole situation, bestie 🌈
  • client β€” a pointer to the I2C device. yep, that's the device's I2C side πŸ‘‘
  • buffer β€” the buffer for the device register. it's a u8, she's small, she's holding register data πŸ’œ
  • lock β€” a struct mutex that protects write sequences. ngl, do NOT skip this one β€” it's the thing keeping your writes from stepping on each other 😭
lowkey a reminder: lock protects write sequences. that's its whole job and it takes the job very seriously πŸ”₯

⭐ SEE ALSO ⭐

  • Kernel file ./drivers/gpio/gpio-tpic2810.c β€” go read the real thing, iykyk πŸ’«

alright bestie, that's the whole page πŸ’– 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 βœ¨πŸŽ€πŸ¦‹

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