HPQLB(4)

💖 NAME 💖

hpqlb — the HP Quick Launch Buttons driver, aka the icon that handles your HP laptop's hotkeys. Yep bestie, this is hpqlb(4) straight out of the Kernel Interfaces Manual, and we are so ready. ✨

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

hpqlb*    at acpi?

That's the whole setup: hpqlb* attaches at acpi? and then it's off to the races. Simple, clean, slay. 💅

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

Okay so picture this: lots of HP notebook computers come with hotkeys. The hpqlb driver is literally the support system for all the hotkeys that generate keycodes. All of them. No cap. It's giving main character energy for your keyboard shortcuts. 👑

But — plot twist — these hotkeys do not generate keycodes:

• Display Switch
• Brightness Up
• Brightness Down

That's it, that's the list. They just don't generate keycodes, so don't come for the driver about those, okay? It said what it said. 😭

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• acpi(4) — the whole ACPI situation. Go read it, bestie. 🫶

🎀 HISTORY 🎀

The hpqlb driver appeared in NetBSD 5.0. Iconic behavior, honestly — it's been around. ⭐

👑 AUTHORS 👑

This driver was written for NetBSD by Christoph Egger. Give him his flowers. 🌸

💀 CAVEATS 💀

Heads up bestie: the hpqlb driver conflicts with wmihp(4). That's the warning, fr fr — keep it in mind. 🙈

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And that's the page, bestie! This little beauty comes from Debian, dated April 8, 2010 — go forth and hotkey responsibly. 💜