hid_parse_report(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💖 hid_parse_report — the kernel API manual, but make it cute 💖

okay so bestie, welcome to the hid_parse_report(9) page, straight out of the Kernel API Manual ✨ this one's a little baby function but she's important, so let's get into it 🎀

🌸 NAME 🌸

hid_parse_report — parse device report 🦋

like, she parses the report. that's the whole vibe. no cap.

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

int hid_parse_report (struct hid_device *hid , const __u8 *start ,
unsigned size );

that's the signature bestie, copy it exactly, don't be weird about it 💅

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

  • hid — the hid device 🫶 literally the device we're working with
  • start — report start ⭐ where the report begins, bestie
  • size — report size 🌸 how big the report is

💜 DESCRIPTION 💜

okay so here's the tea ☕ this function allocates the device report as read by the bus driver. that's it, that's the job. she's giving allocation main character energy 👑

⚠️ big important note!! this function should only be called from parse in ll drivers — like, only there, bestie. don't be calling her from random places, that's not the vibe 😭

so like — ll drivers, parse function, that's the only guest list she's on. periodt 💅

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

the whole friend group 🫶 iykyk:

literally the whole squad, go say hi 👋💖

okay bestie that's the whole page, you ate that 🍓 and before i go — this cutie comes to you from ./drivers/hid, dated October 2026, and she's filed under hid_parse_report(9) in the Kernel API Manual 🧚‍♀️💜 bye bestie, go parse responsibly!! 💅✨

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