ACPIHID(4)

🌸 ACPIHID(4) 🌸

okay so this is a page from the Kernel Interfaces Manual — yes, that one — and it's about acpihid, bestie. buckle up, it's short and it's precious 🎀

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✨ NAME ✨

acpihid — the ACPI generic buttons device 💅

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

acpihid* at acpi?

that's it. that's the whole config line. iconic, honestly. ✨

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💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

so the acpihid driver is the one that handles events triggered by the ACPI generic buttons device. that's its whole job. main character energy but make it niche 🫶

right now? only power button events are supported. lowkey limited, highkey doing exactly what it says on the tin. ngl, no cap, that's the entire feature set — and that's fine 🔥

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• acpi(4) — go read that one too, iykyk 💜

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⭐ HISTORY ⭐

the acpihid driver first appeared in OpenBSD 7.9. a fresh little icon, literally brand new 🎀

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👑 AUTHORS 👑

the acpihid driver was written by Mark Kettenis <kettenis@openbsd.org>. we stan a legend 💅✨

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and that's the whole page, bestie — short, sweet, slays, periodt. 🌸

source/version: Debian · date: January 10, 2026 — mwah, catch you in the next manpage 💖🐚