zl3073x_flash_page(9)

πŸ“¦ version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

πŸ’Ύ zl3073x_flash_page(9) β€” from the Kernel API Manual, bestie πŸ’Ύ

okay so picture this: you're deep in the kernel, you've got a zl3073x device, and you need to shove some data into its internal flash. that's literally this page. welcome. 🫢


✨ NAME ✨

zl3073x_flash_page β€” flash page, that's it, that's the whole vibe πŸ’…


🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

int zl3073x_flash_page (struct zl3073x_dev *zldev , const char
*component , u32 page , u32 addr , const void *data , size_t size ,
struct netlink_ext_ack *extack );

look at her. seven whole arguments. main character energy fr fr 😭


πŸŽ€ ARGUMENTS πŸŽ€

  • zldev β€” the zl3073x device structure, aka your device's whole personality πŸ’–
  • component β€” the component name. slay, name your component.
  • page β€” the destination flash page πŸ¦‹
  • addr β€” the device memory address where the data gets loaded
  • data β€” pointer to the data you wanna flash ✨
  • size β€” size of that data, obviously πŸ’€
  • extack β€” the netlink extack pointer, used to report errors. it's giving accountability. πŸ™ˆ

🌈 DESCRIPTION 🌈

so what does she actually do? the function flashes the given data β€” size bytes of it β€” into the internal flash memory block, and that block starts with page page. not me describing flash memory like it's a group chat thread. but like, that's the whole thing. πŸ’œ

no cap, that's it. small function, big responsibility. πŸ‘‘


⭐ RETURN ⭐

0 on success, <0 on error. iconic. either you ate or you didn't. πŸ’…

bestie pls actually check the return value. <0 means something went wrong and you should deal with it, okay? πŸ“

🧚 SEE ALSO 🧚

the whole flash girlie friend group, plus the kernel file they all live in:

iykyk, go read all of them, they're literally all connected 🌸


okay that's the whole page!! this little icon comes to you from ./drivers/dpll/zl3073x, dated October 2026 β€” mwah, go flash something responsibly πŸ’–βœ¨πŸŽ€

πŸ“¦ where this page comes from