ap_uevent(9)

πŸ“¦ version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

✨ ap_uevent(9) ✨

okay bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual β€” this one's a little cutie from the ap_uevent(9) page and honestly it's giving "small function, big responsibility" energy πŸ’…


πŸŽ€ NAME πŸŽ€

ap_uevent β€” the uevent function for AP devices, no cap πŸ¦‹


🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

int ap_uevent (const struct device *dev , struct kobj_uevent_env *env );

✨ ARGUMENTS ✨

  • dev β€” pointer to the device, like, the whole reason we're here 🫢
  • env β€” pointer to kobj_uevent_env, the lil env-var party zone ⭐

πŸ’– DESCRIPTION πŸ’–

so basically it sets up a single environment variable called DEV_TYPE, and that variable holds the hardware device type. that's it. that's the whole gig. one var, doing its thing, iconic behavior honestly πŸ‘‘


🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

kernel file ./drivers/s390/crypto/ap_bus.c β€” go read it, iykyk πŸ“–

like, that's the whole friend group right there, go say hi to all of them πŸ’œ


lowkey a whole reading list β€” but fr fr every one of those is worth a scroll 🧚

and that's the page!! sources say ./drivers/s390/crypto, dated October 2026, and it's the ap_uevent(9) man page β€” mwah, slay, bye bestie πŸ’…πŸ’–πŸŽ€

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