xcan_set_bittiming(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 xcan_set_bittiming(9) — the Kernel API Manual glow-up 🎀

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual page for xcan_set_bittiming(9) — yes that's a real page name, no I will not be shortening it, it's iconic. grab a strawberry drink 🍓 and let's get into it.

✨ NAME ✨

xcan_set_bittiming — the CAN set-bit-timing routine. that's it. that's the whole vibe check. 💫

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

int xcan_set_bittiming (struct net_device *ndev );

literally one argument, one return type, zero drama. we love a low-maintenance signature. 🫶

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

  • ndev — a pointer to the net_device structure. that's your entry point, your main character, your whole interface to the network device. handle it with love. 💖

🔥 DESCRIPTION 🔥

so this one is, like, the driver's set-bittiming routine. it's the function that does the bit-timing setting for the driver. that's the tea, that's the entire description, and honestly? sometimes less is more, periodt. 💅

👑 RETURN 👑

  • 0 on success — slay, we ate, everything worked ✨
  • a failure value on error — not slay, but it happens, and you will be checking for it 👀

💜 SEE ALSO 💜

the whole friend group, no cap. start with the kernel file itself:

  • Kernel file ./drivers/net/can/xilinx_can.c
  • struct xcan_priv(9)

and then the entire extended squad, in order because I'm not about to leave anyone out of the group chat:

like I said. huge friend group. iykyk 🧚

ngl bestie, this page is short but it's still canon — go read the SEE ALSO list before you touch anything, fr fr 🙈

and that's the whole page, babe 💫 — brought to you from ./drivers/net/can, stamped October 2026, filed forever under xcan_set_bittiming(9). mwah, go set some bit timing, you've got this 🌈⭐

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