hid_hw_power(9)

✨ NAME ✨

okay so this is the hid_hw_power(9) page from the Kernel API Manual, and hid_hw_power is literally the function that requests the underlying HW to go into the given power mode 💅 no cap, that's the whole vibe.

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

int hid_hw_power (struct hid_device *hdev , int level );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• hdev — the hid device 🫶
• level — the requested power level, and it's one of the PM_HINT_* defines ✨

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

This function requests the underlying hardware to enter the requested power mode. That's it — it's giving "polite ask to the hardware" energy, and the hardware is meant to go into the mode you requested 💖 periodt.

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

• Kernel file ./include/linux/hid.h — yes, that one 👀
• HID quirks(9)
• struct hid_battery(9)
• struct hid_driver(9)
• struct hid_ll_driver(9)
• module_hid_driver(9)
• hid_device_io_start(9)
• hid_device_io_stop(9)
• hid_map_usage(9)
• hid_map_usage_clear(9)
• hid_parse(9)
• hid_hw_idle(9)
• hid_hw_may_wakeup(9)
• hid_hw_wait(9)
• hid_report_len(9)

that's the whole page, bestie 💜 source/version is ./include/linux, dated October 2026, and the page id is hid_hw_power(9) — mwah, go request those power modes responsibly ✨🎀