acpi_table_parse(9)

🎀 acpi_table_parse(9) — Kernel API Manual 🎀

okay so bestie, welcome to the acpi_table_parse(9) page — this one is literally about finding a table and running a handler on it, and it is lowkey iconic 💅✨

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✨ NAME ✨

acpi_table_parse — find the table with @id and run @handler on it 🫶

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

int acpi_table_parse (char *id , acpi_tbl_table_handler handler );

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💅 ARGUMENTS 💅

• id — the table id you're hunting for 🔍
• handler — the handler to run 👑

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✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

Scan the ACPI System Descriptor Table (STD) for a table matching id, then run handler on it. That's the whole vibe fr fr 🦋

Return 0 if the table is found, and -errno if it is not 😭

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🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

• Kernel file ./drivers/acpi/tables.c 👀

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cute sign-off time 💖 this page is from the acpi_table_parse(9) manual, source/version ./drivers/acpi, dated October 2026 🎀✨