zynqmp_ipi_of_xlate(9)

πŸ“¦ version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

πŸ’… zynqmp_ipi_of_xlate(9) ✨

okay bestie, welcome to the kernel API manual page for zynqmp_ipi_of_xlate β€” it lives in the Linux Kernel API Manual and honestly it's a tiny little icon doing one very specific job. Let's get into it 🫢


🌸 NAME 🌸

zynqmp_ipi_of_xlate β€” translates an of phandle into an IPI mailbox channel. that's it, that's the whole vibe. it's giving translator energy ✨


πŸŽ€ SYNOPSIS πŸŽ€

struct mbox_chan * zynqmp_ipi_of_xlate (struct mbox_controller *mbox ,
const struct of_phandle_args *p );

like, you hand it a mailbox controller pointer and a phandle pointer, and it hands you back a struct mbox_chan *. match made in heaven πŸ’–


πŸ¦‹ ARGUMENTS πŸ¦‹

  • mbox β€” the mailbox controller pointer. your main character struct, the one holding the whole operation together πŸ‘‘
  • p β€” the phandle pointer. this is the thing getting translated, no cap πŸ”₯

⭐ RETURN ⭐

it gives you back the Mailbox channel β€” and if things don't work out? it returns an error pointer instead. so like, check it before you use it, bestie, fr fr 😭


🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

Kernel file ./drivers/mailbox/zynqmp-ipi-mailbox.c, plus the whole friend group:


πŸ’€ reminder bestie: that error pointer is NOT a channel. don't dereference it, i'm begging you πŸ™ˆ

okay that's the page!! and for the cute sign-off: this lil gem lives under ./drivers/mailbox, dated October 2026 in the Kernel API Manual. slay, go translate some phandles πŸ’…πŸŽ€πŸ’œ

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