byt_cht_aut...tion_disable(9)

💅 byt_cht_aut...tion_disable(9) ✨

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual 🎀 — this one's a tiny little function from the ./drivers/idle corner of the kernel, and honestly? she's short but she matters. let's get into it 🦋

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✨ NAME ✨

byt_cht_auto_demotion_disable — Disable Bay/Cherry Trail auto-demotion. 💅 that's it. that's the whole gig. she turns the auto-demotion off, periodt.

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

void byt_cht_auto_demotion_disable (void );

literally the whole signature, no cap 🔥

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🧚 ARGUMENTS 🧚

• void — no arguments 🫶 like, none. zero. nada. she takes nothing and she gives you a disabled auto-demotion. iconic behavior tbh 👑

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💖 SEE ALSO 💖

okay so the whole friend group lives in the kernel file ./drivers/idle/intel_idle.c 🌈 — go say hi to all of them:

• intel_idle(9)
• intel_idle_s2idle(9)
• intel_idle_cst_usable(9)
• ivt_idle_state_table_update(9)
• irtl_2_usec(9)
• bxt_idle_state_table_update(9)
• sklh_idle_state_table_update(9)
• skx_is_pc6_disabled(9)
• skx_idle_state_table_update(9)
• spr_idle_state_table_update(9)
• drop_pc6_redundant_cstates(9)
• intel_idle_cpuidle_driver_init(9)
• intel_idle_cpu_init(9)
• intel_idle_cpuidle_devices_uninit(9)
• validate_cmdline_cstate(9)
• cmdline_table_adjust(9)

the way that's a whole group chat 😭💀 but like, in a good way. iykyk 💜

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🍓 friendly reminder bestie: this page is from ./drivers/idle, dated October 2026, and it's literally titled byt_cht_aut...tion_disable(9) — so if you're citing her, cite her right ✨

that's the whole page, babe — short, sweet, and she ate 💅🫶 see u in the next manpage, mwah 😘💖