dock_present(9)

✨ NAME ✨

okay bestie, welcome to dock_present(9) from the Kernel API Manual — this is the page for dock_present, and its whole job is to see if the dock station is present. That's the mission, periodt. 💅

💫 SYNOPSIS 💫

the signature is giving int and a pointer moment, so here it is exactly:

int dock_present (struct dock_station *ds );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• ds — the dock station, aka the struct dock_station * you're checking on. that's the whole argument, no cap. 🫶

🔥 DESCRIPTION 🔥

It executes the _STA method. ⚠️ And here's the note that matters: present does not imply that we are docked. Like, do not conflate “present” with “docked” — the manpage is literally warning you, bestie. 💀

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

Kernel file ./drivers/acpi/dock.c is the source-side main character, and the whole friend group is:

• add_dock_dependent_device(9)
• find_dock_dependent_device(9)
• is_dock_device(9)
• hot_remove_dock_devices(9)
• hotplug_dock_devices(9)
• handle_dock(9)
• dock_in_progress(9)
• handle_eject_request(9)
• dock_notify(9)
• acpi_dock_add(9)

okay bye bestie 🫶 — this whole page comes from the ./drivers/acpi source, dated October 2026, and it's giving dock_present(9) footer energy at the very end. 💖✨