tuner_standby(9)

💤 tuner_standby(9) — the Kernel API Manual, bestie edition 💤

okay so real talk, this is the man page for tuner_standby(9), straight out of the Kernel API Manual, and it's literally the "go to sleep" button for your tuner 🎀 yes, that's the whole vibe. No cap.

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✨ NAME ✨

tuner_standby — places the tuner in standby mode 😴

That's it. That's the job. It tucks the tuner in for a lil nap 💤

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🫶 SYNOPSIS 🫶

int tuner_standby (struct v4l2_subdev *sd );

copy it exactly like that, spaces and all, i'm not kidding 🙈 it returns an int, it takes one struct v4l2_subdev *, and it's called tuner_standby. iconic behavior honestly.

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🌸 ARGUMENTS 🌸

• sd — pointer to struct v4l2_subdev 🦋 that's your subdev, and yes it's a pointer, and yes you gotta pass it, and no there's no default, it's giving "you're on your own bestie" energy fr fr

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💅 SEE ALSO 💅

okay this is the part where i hand you the whole friend group, because tuner_standby does not exist in a vacuum, she has connections 🔥

• Kernel file ./drivers/media/v4l2-core/tuner-core.c — the actual hangout spot, go read it 👑
• enum tuner_pad_index(9)
• enum if_vid_dec_pad_index(9)
• set_type(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_g_frequency(9)
• tuner_g_tuner(9)
• tuner_s_tuner(9)

like, that's the whole crew 💜 every single one of them, no skips, no "i'll read it later", periodt.

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🫶 little reminder: the entire canon here is the ./drivers/media/v4l2-core directory, so if you're lost, that's home base 🏠

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and that's the page, bestie 💖 this one came to you from ./drivers/media/v4l2-core, dated October 2026, and it's a tuner_standby(9) moment forever 🌈✨ slay, go put that tuner in standby 🎀