acpi_pm_start(9)

💖 NAME 💖

Okay bestie, welcome to acpi_pm_start(9) from the Kernel API Manual ✨ This is the function that handles starting a system PM transition — like, the actual beginning of the power-management moment. Periodt.

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

void acpi_pm_start (u32 acpi_state );

No cap, that's the whole thing: returns void, takes one u32 named acpi_state. Slay.

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• acpi_state — the target ACPI power state to transition to. That's the one and only argument, and it tells the transition where it's headed 💫

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

The kernel file is ./drivers/acpi/sleep.c, and here are all the related functions you might wanna vibe-check next:

• acpi_pm_freeze(9)
• acpi_pm_pre_suspend(9)
• __acpi_pm_prepare(9)
• acpi_pm_prepare(9)
• acpi_pm_finish(9)
• acpi_pm_end(9)
• acpi_suspend_begin(9)
• acpi_suspend_enter(9)
• acpi_suspend_begin_old(9)
• acpi_hibernation_begin_old(9)

Mwah 💋 — this cutie came from the ./drivers/acpi source/version and is dated October 2026. Bye bestie! 🌸👑