hid_ishtp_cl_init(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 hid_ishtp_cl_init

okay so bestie, this is a page from the Kernel API Manual, and it's about hid_ishtp_cl_init — the init function for the ISHTP client 🎀 yes it's a mouthful, we're getting through it together.

✨ NAME ✨

hid_ishtp_cl_init — the Init function for ISHTP client. that's literally it, that's the whole vibe check 🦋

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

int hid_ishtp_cl_init (struct ishtp_cl *hid_ishtp_cl , bool reset );

like, it returns an int and takes two things. slay.

💖 ARGUMENTS 💖

  • hid_ishtp_cl — the ISHTP client instance 🫶 that's your actual client object, the main character here.
  • reset — a bool. pass true if you're calling this for init after a reset. so like, reset-then-init energy, iykyk.

🌈 DESCRIPTION 🌈

so this function completes the initialization of the client — the finishing touch, the last coat of paint, the blowout at the end of the get-ready-with-me 💅

here's the summary of processing, in order, no cap:

  • Send request to enumerate the hid clients. Get the HID descriptor for each enumearated device. Get report description of each device. Register each device wik hid core by calling ishtp_hid_probe.
yes bestie, "enumearated" and "wik" are exactly how the original spells them — I am NOT fixing the source's typos, that's not my job, I just report the facts 🙈

also note: that whole bullet is one bullet in the original, with everything crammed into it. I'm keeping it as one bullet. periodt.

⭐ RETURN ⭐

  • 0 on success 🎉
  • non zero on error 😭

that's the whole return section. deeply simple. we love her for it.

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

the kernel file lives at ./drivers/hid/intel-ish-hid/ishtp-hid-client.c — go read it if you want the real tea 🍓

and here's the whole friend group, every single one, no skips:

🧚 sign-off 🧚

this lil page comes from ./drivers/hid/intel-ish-hid, dated October 2026, and it's filed under hid_ishtp_cl_init(9) in the Kernel API Manual. bye bestie, go init something 💜✨

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