acpi_match_platform_list(9)

💖 NAME 💖

okay so this is the acpi_match_platform_list(9) page from the Kernel API Manual, and it's literally about checking if the system matches with a given list 💅

acpi_match_platform_list — check if the system matches with a given list ✨

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

bestie, here's the signature, character for character:

int acpi_match_platform_list (const struct acpi_platform_list *plat );

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• plat — pointer to an acpi_platform_list table terminated by a NULL entry 🫶

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

Return the matched index if the system is found in the platform list. Otherwise, return a negative error code. no cap, that's the whole vibe check 😭✨

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

Kernel file ./drivers/acpi/utils.c is the home base, and the related pages are:

• acpi_handle_list_equal(9)
• acpi_handle_list_replace(9)
• acpi_handle_list_free(9)
• acpi_device_dep(9)
• acpi_evaluate_ost(9)
• acpi_handle_path(9)
• acpi_handle_printk(9)
• __acpi_handle_debug(9)
• acpi_evaluation_failure_warn(9)
• acpi_has_method(9)
• acpi_evaluate_ej0(9)
• acpi_evaluate_lck(9)
• acpi_evaluate_reg(9)
• acpi_evaluate_dsm(9)
• acpi_check_dsm(9)
• acpi_dev_uid_to_integer(9)
• acpi_dev_found(9)
• acpi_dev_present(9)
• acpi_dev_get_next_match_dev(9)
• acpi_dev_get_first_match_dev(9)
• acpi_reduced_hardware(9)
• acpi_dev_is_video_device(9)

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byeee bestie 🫶 this page's source/version spot is ./drivers/acpi, dated October 2026, and it's all about acpi_match_platform_list(9) — periodt 💜