acpi_nhlt_get_gbl_table(9)

💅 acpi_nhlt_get_gbl_table(9) — it's giving Kernel API Manual energy ✨

okay so bestie, this one's from the Kernel API Manual, and no cap, it's a little one — but it's lowkey iconic, so let's get into it 🫶

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✨ NAME ✨

acpi_nhlt_get_gbl_table — literally just hands you a pointer to the first NHLT table. That's the whole vibe. 🎀

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

acpi_status acpi_nhlt_get_gbl_table (void );

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• void — no arguments, bestie. zero. none. she takes nothing, she gives everything 💅

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🔥 DESCRIPTION 🔥

So here's the tea ☕: if there's no NHLT in the system, acpi_gbl_nhlt will instead point to an empty table. Like, she's still pointing at something, it's just... empty. main character energy but make it a fallback 💀✨

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👑 RETURN 👑

An ACPI status code of the operation. That's the vibe check — it tells you how things went 🍓

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

Kernel file ./drivers/acpi/nhlt.c and the whole friend group:

• acpi_nhlt_put_gbl_table(9)
• acpi_nhlt_endpoint_match(9)
• acpi_nhlt_tb_find_endpoint(9)
• acpi_nhlt_find_endpoint(9)
• acpi_nhlt_endpoint_find_fmtcfg(9)
• acpi_nhlt_tb_find_fmtcfg(9)
• acpi_nhlt_find_fmtcfg(9)
• acpi_nhlt_endpoint_mic_count(9)

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okay that's the whole page, ily, go read the source 🧚💜

sign-off szn: this little legend lives in ./drivers/acpi, dated October 2026, and she's filed under acpi_nhlt_get_gbl_table(9) — periodt 💅✨