ti81xx_restart(9)

💅 ti81xx_restart — Kernel API Manual, section 9 💅

okay bestie, welcome to ti81xx_restart(9) from the Kernel API Manual — yes, the whole manual name is getting folded in right here because we’re cute like that. This is the function that triggers a software restart of the SoC, and we’re gonna read it together like the iconic little kernel page it is. 🎀

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🌸 NAME 🌸

ti81xx_restart — trigger a software restart of the SoC. That’s the whole vibe, no cap.

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

void ti81xx_restart (enum reboot_mode mode , const char *cmd );

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• mode — the "reboot mode", see arch/arm/kernel/{setup,process}.c. Lowkey important, so don’t skip it. 👀
• cmd — passed from the userspace program rebooting the system (if provided). Like, it comes from whoever is rebooting, when they provide it, iykyk.

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💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

Resets the SoC. Periodt. 💅

For cmd, see the 'reboot' syscall in kernel/sys.c. No return value — it’s giving void, and it’s serving exactly that.

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⚠️ NOTE ⚠️

Warm reset does not seem to work, may require resetting clocks to bypass mode. Not me being dramatic, bestie — that’s literally the note. 😭

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🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

• Kernel file ./arch/arm/mach-omap2/ti81xx-restart.c

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mwah 💋 this little page comes from the ./arch/arm/mach-omap2 source tree and is dated October 2026 — iconic, signed off, and absolutely slaying in section 9. 🫶✨