_ish_ipc_reset(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 _ish_ipc_reset — Kernel API Manual, bestie edition 🎀

okay so picture this: you're deep in the kernel, the manual is literally called Kernel API Manual, and this one little function is about to do a full factory reset on everybody's vibe. sit down, grab a strawberry 🍓, let's get into it.

✨ NAME ✨

_ish_ipc_reset — IPC reset. that's it, that's the whole name. short. iconic. does exactly what it says on the tin 💅

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

int _ish_ipc_reset (struct ishtp_device *dev );

like, one argument, one return type, zero drama ✨

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

  • dev — the ishtp device pointer, aka the main character of this whole operation 🫶 you're handing it over and going "bestie, we're resetting."

🔥 DESCRIPTION 🔥

so here's the tea ☕: this function resets host and fw IPC and upper layers. host. firmware. IPC. and the upper layers too. the whole squad is getting a refresh, no one's exempt, periodt 💀✨

like yes it's a reset, yes it touches multiple layers at once, that's just the kind of range we're dealing with 👑

⭐ RETURN ⭐

  • 0 for success 💖 (the good ending)
  • else error fault code 😭 (the not-so-good ending — check your fault code, ngl)

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

the kernel file ./drivers/hid/intel-ish-hid/ipc/ipc.c is where all these live, and here is the full friend group — every single one, no gatekeeping 🙈:

lowkey go read the ones with reset in the name first if you're confused — ish_fw_reset_handler(9), fw_reset_work_fn(9), _ish_hw_reset(9) — iykyk 🧚 (this is just me pointing at the list above, no promises about what they do, that's their own manpages' job 💜)

and that's the page!! mwah 💋 this little number lives in ./drivers/hid/intel-ish-hid/ipc and it's dated October 2026 — go off, bestie, see you in the next _ish_ipc_reset(9) 💖🦋🌷

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