apm_error(9)

🌸 NAME 🌸

okay bestie, this is apm_error(9) from the Kernel API Manual 💖 and it's literally here to help you display an APM error. No cap.

apm_error — display an APM error ✨

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

void apm_error (char *str , int err );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• str — information string. It's the little info note that gives context, bestie 🧚
• err — APM BIOS return code. The code the APM BIOS hands back, fr fr 💅

💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

okay so the vibe is: apm_error writes a meaningful log entry to the kernel log when an APM error happens. ✨ It's giving "bestie, the kernel needs to know" energy, and it's honestly iconic. Also important: it also handles (negative) kernel errors — don't sleep on that 🫶

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

Kernel file ./arch/x86/kernel/apm_32.c plus the whole squad of related calls, iykyk:

• __apm_bios_call(9)
• apm_bios_call(9)
• __apm_bios_call_simple(9)
• apm_bios_call_simple(9)
• apm_driver_version(9)
• apm_get_event(9)
• set_power_state(9)
• set_system_power_state(9)
• apm_do_idle(9)
• apm_do_busy(9)
• apm_cpu_idle(9)
• apm_power_off(9)
• apm_enable_power_management(9)
• apm_get_power_status(9)
• apm_engage_power_management(9)
• apm_console_blank(9)

bye bestie 🫶 this one came from ./arch/x86/kernel, and the date on the vibe check is October 2026 💖✨