proc_ioports(5)

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version 6.20 · 10 versions
, in arch rolling, nixpkgs unstable

✨ proc_ioports(5) ✨

okay bestie, so this is a file formats manual page for proc_ioports(5) — yes, a whole lil man page for one file in /proc, and honestly? she deserves it. 💅

🎀 NAME 🎀

/proc/ioports — I/O port regions 💖

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

  • /proc/ioports — bestie. listen. this is a list of currently registered input/output port regions that are in use. that's it. that's the whole vibe. it's the receipts of who's holding which I/O ports right now, and it updates as the kernel hands them out and takes them back. 🦋
not me checking /proc/ioports like it's my camera roll 💀 it's literally just ports, but they're registered and in use, and that matters, fr fr.

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

  • proc(5) — the mothership 🌈 go read her too, iykyk

that's the whole page, and she ate — no crumbs 🍓

courtesy of Linux man-pages 6.20, dated 2026-10-11 💜 stay slaying, and may your ports always be registered and never double-booked 🫶✨

📦 where this page comes from
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  • nixpkgs unstable: man-pages 6.20
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