zynqmp_ipi_of_xlate(9)
π zynqmp_ipi_of_xlate(9) β¨
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 π«Ά
πΈ NAME πΈ
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 β¨
π SYNOPSIS π
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 π
π¦ ARGUMENTS π¦
mboxβ the mailbox controller pointer. your main character struct, the one holding the whole operation together πpβ the phandle pointer. this is the thing getting translated, no cap π₯
β RETURN β
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 π
π SEE ALSO π
Kernel file ./drivers/mailbox/zynqmp-ipi-mailbox.c, plus the whole friend group:
struct zynqmp_ipi_mchan(9)struct zynqmp_ipi_mbox(9)struct zynqmp_ipi_pdata(9)zynqmp_ipi_interrupt(9)zynqmp_ipi_peek_data(9)zynqmp_ipi_last_tx_done(9)zynqmp_ipi_send_data(9)zynqmp_ipi_startup(9)zynqmp_ipi_shutdown(9)zynqmp_ipi_mbox_get_buf_res(9)zynqmp_ipi_mbox_dev_release(9)zynqmp_ipi_mbox_probe(9)zynqmp_ipi_setup(9)versal_ipi_setup(9)zynqmp_ipi_free_mboxes(9)
π reminder bestie: that error pointer is NOT a channel. don't dereference it, i'm begging you π
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 π
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π¦ where this page comes from
- nixpkgs unstable: linux-manual 7.3.1
- π girlified by deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-1017 on : a language model's rewrite of the original, under its terms