capability_show(9)

💅 capability_show(9)

okay so this is a page from the Kernel API Manual — yes, the kernel has man pages too, she's been famous 💅 — and today's main character is capability_show.

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✨ NAME ✨

capability_show — bestie, it's the get function for the sysfs attribute capability. that's it, that's the whole vibe 🎀

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

ssize_t capability_show (struct device *dev , struct device_attribute
*attr , char *buf );

like… look at her. three arguments, returns an ssize_t, absolute icon behavior ⭐

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• dev — the struct device. the device in question. she's the whole point 🫶
• attr — device attributes. the attributes, babes.
• buf — buffer where data will be returned. this is where the data goes, no cap 💖

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🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

first up, the source file this legend lives in:

• Kernel file ./drivers/net/wireless/marvell/libertas/mesh.c

and now the whole friend group — literally the entire mesh.c squad, iykyk 👑

• anycast_mask_show(9), anycast_mask_store(9)
• prb_rsp_limit_show(9), prb_rsp_limit_store(9)
• lbs_mesh_show(9), lbs_mesh_store(9)
• bootflag_show(9), bootflag_store(9)
• boottime_show(9), boottime_store(9)
• channel_show(9), channel_store(9)
• mesh_id_show(9), mesh_id_store(9)
• protocol_id_show(9), protocol_id_store(9)
• metric_id_show(9), metric_id_store(9)
• capability_store(9) — yes, her partner-in-crime, the store counterpart 😭
• lbs_mesh_stop(9)
• lbs_mesh_dev_open(9)
• lbs_add_mesh(9)

go read them all, fr fr. every single one. no skipping 💀

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and that's the page, bestie 🌈 this little drop came out of the source at ./drivers/net/wireless/marvell... and it's dated October 2026 ✨ mwah, go forth and show that capability 💜🧚