UI_GET_VERSION(9)

UI_GET_VERSION — a Kernel API Manual moment 💅✨

Okay so bestie, this is the whole glow-up for UI_GET_VERSION(9) from the Kernel API Manual — it’s short, it’s iconic, and it’s literally all about getting the version. No cap. 🎀

💖 NAME 💖

UI_GET_VERSION — Return version of uinput protocol 🌸

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

UI_GET_VERSION

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

This writes the uinput protocol version implemented by the kernel into the integer pointed to by the ioctl argument. 🫶

The protocol version is hard-coded in the kernel and is independent of the uinput device. Periodt. 💀✨

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

Go peek at these, fr fr — they’re giving related main character energy 👑

• Kernel file ./include/uapi/linux/uinput.h
• UI_DEV_SETUP(9)
• UI_ABS_SETUP(9)
• UI_GET_SYSNAME(9)

💌 source/version: ./include/uapi/linux · date: October 2026 · that’s the whole vibe, mwah 🫶💜