gx_detect_chipset(9)
π gx_detect_chipset(9) β the Kernel API Manual era π¦
okay so bestie, welcome to gx_detect_chipset(9), straight out of the Kernel API Manual. this one's short and sweet, like a little snack, so let's get into it β¨
πΈ NAME πΈ
gx_detect_chipset β
and that's it. that's the whole description. the original page literally trails off after the dash, no cap π so we're not gonna sit here and invent lore about what it does. it's a function called gx_detect_chipset, and the manpage leaves the fancy explanation as an exercise for the reader. iconic, honestly π
β¨ SYNOPSIS β¨
struct pci_dev * gx_detect_chipset (void );
so it hands you back a struct pci_dev * β a pointer to a pci_dev struct, periodt β and you call it with (void ), meaning it takes nothing at all. no args, no drama π«Ά
π ARGUMENTS π
voidβ no arguments. literally none. the function walks in with empty pockets and still comes back with astruct pci_dev *. main character energy fr fr π
π₯ SEE ALSO π₯
- the kernel file
./drivers/cpufreq/gx-suspmod.cβ that's where the real meat lives, go read it iykyk π gx_get_cpuspeed(9)βgx_validate_speed(9)πgx_set_cpuspeed(9)π
like, the whole lil gx cpu-speed family? obsessed. go say hi to all of them π§
ngl this page is tiny but that's not an excuse to skip it β the cross-references are the whole point, bestie. read gx-suspmod.c before you start guessing at behaviour π
and that's a wrap! this little gem comes to you from ./drivers/cpufreq, dated October 2026, living its best life as gx_detect_chipset(9) in the Kernel API Manual. go forth and detect some chipsets, bestie ππ¦β¨
π¦ where this page comes from
- nixpkgs unstable: linux-manual 7.3.1
- π girlified by deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-1017 on : a language model's rewrite of the original, under its terms