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.\"    Manual: Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI)
.\"    Source: Kernel Hackers Manual 4.8.15
.\"  Language: English
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.TH "SPI_WRITE" "9" "January 2017" "Kernel Hackers Manual 4\&.8\&." "Serial Peripheral Interface (S"
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.SH "NAME"
spi_write \- SPI synchronous write
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.HP \w'int\ spi_write('u
.BI "int spi_write(struct\ spi_device\ *\ " "spi" ", const\ void\ *\ " "buf" ", size_t\ " "len" ");"
.SH "ARGUMENTS"
.PP
\fIspi\fR
.RS 4
device to which data will be written
.RE
.PP
\fIbuf\fR
.RS 4
data buffer
.RE
.PP
\fIlen\fR
.RS 4
data buffer size
.RE
.SH "CONTEXT"
.PP
can sleep
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
This function writes the buffer
\fIbuf\fR\&. Callable only from contexts that can sleep\&.
.SH "RETURN"
.PP
zero on success, else a negative error code\&.
.SH "COPYRIGHT"
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