vme_lm_request(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

🎀 vme_lm_request(9) — the Kernel API Manual, bestie edition 🎀

okay so this is a page from the Kernel API Manual (the vme_lm_request(9) one, yes that's the whole vibe) and I'm gonna walk you through it like we're on facetime, no cap 💅

✨ NAME ✨

vme_lm_request — request a VME location monitor. that's it, that's the whole name, she's concise 👑

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

struct vme_resource * vme_lm_request (struct vme_dev *vdev );

literally copy that exactly, don't touch the spacing, she's sensitive 🙈

✨ ARGUMENTS ✨

  • vdev — a pointer to the VME device struct vme_dev that's been assigned to your driver instance. that's your lil device handle, give her the right one 🫶

✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

so what this does is allocate a location monitor resource for your driver. icon behaviour honestly ✨

and what even is a location monitor?? bestie it lets your driver monitor accesses to a contiguous number of addresses on the VME bus. like you're standing outside the club watching who comes in and out of a whole block of addresses 👀 that's the job.

✨ RETURN ✨

you get a pointer to a VME resource on success 💖 or NULL on failure 😭 — so like, check it, always check it, fr fr.

✨ SEE ALSO ✨

the kernel file lives at ./drivers/staging/vme_user/vme.c — go read the source, iykyk 📖

and here's the whole squad of friends, all of them, in order, no one left behind 🫶

lowkey important bestie: this page ships from <pink>./drivers/staging/vme_user</pink> and it's dated <purple>October 2026</purple>. that's the whole source/version/date situation, noted and slayed 💅

okay that's the page, go forth and monitor those locations, main character energy only 👑✨🌸

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