ENUM SDTX_DEVICE_MODE(9)

💅 enum sdtx_device_mode(9) — like, the whole Kernel API Manual vibe ✨

okay bestie, so this page is your little guide to enum sdtx_device_mode — the enum that says how (and if) the clipboard is attached to the base of the device. yes, the actual clipboard. no cap. 🎀

🌸 NAME

enum sdtx_device_mode — the mode that describes how (and if) the clipboard is attached to the base of the device. literally that's it, that's the whole job. 🫶

✨ SYNOPSIS

enum sdtx_device_mode {
    SDTX_DEVICE_MODE_TABLET ,
    SDTX_DEVICE_MODE_LAPTOP ,
    SDTX_DEVICE_MODE_STUDIO

};

💖 Constants

• SDTX_DEVICE_MODE_TABLET — the clipboard is detached from the base, and the device operates as a tablet. vibe check: tablet mode, clipboard free, main character energy. 💅
• SDTX_DEVICE_MODE_LAPTOP — the clipboard is attached normally to the base, and the device operates as laptop. the classic. the iconic. the default-era slay. ✨
• SDTX_DEVICE_MODE_STUDIO — the clipboard is attached to the base in reverse. 😭 the device operates as tablet with the keyboard and touchpad deactivated, HOWEVER — and this is the good part — the base battery and, if present in the specific device model, the dGPU are available to the system. so you lose the keys but keep the power 🔥 lowkey the best trade.

not me needing to say it plainly: in SDTX_DEVICE_MODE_STUDIO the keyboard and touchpad are deactivated. that's not a glitch, that's the spec. 🫶

🦋 SEE ALSO

• Kernel file ./include/uapi/linux/surface_aggregator/dtx.h
• struct sdtx_event(9)
• enum sdtx_event_code(9)
• struct sdtx_base_info(9)

go read those too, bestie, iykyk 💜

kay that's the page!! 🌈 this was assembled from ./include/uapi/linux/surface_a... (that's the source, mwah 💋) and the date on it is October 2026 — and yes the footer also says enum sdtx_device_mode(9) because the manpage is obsessed with itself, and honestly? valid. periodt. 👑