hisi_qm_suspend(9)

πŸ“¦ version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

πŸ’€ hisi_qm_suspend(9) β€” like, the Kernel API Manual one πŸ’€

okay bestie, so this page lives in the Kernel API Manual section under the name hisi_qm_suspend(9), and it's honestly serving "small but mighty" energy. Short page, big job. Let's get into it ✨


🌸 NAME 🌸

hisi_qm_suspend β€” Runtime suspend of given device. that's it, that's the whole vibe. she puts your device to sleep at runtime 🫢


πŸŽ€ SYNOPSIS πŸŽ€

int hisi_qm_suspend (struct device *dev );

the way this signature is so clean 😭 returns an int, takes one pointer, no drama.


✨ ARGUMENTS ✨

  • dev β€” device to suspend. that's the one. the device. the one being suspended. literally the whole point of the function, queen πŸ‘‘

πŸ’… DESCRIPTION πŸ’…

so hisi_qm_suspend is a function that suspends the device. yes, that's genuinely what the page says, and honestly? iconic for being that direct. no lore, no side quests β€” she suspends the device and she does it at runtime. no cap πŸ’€


πŸ¦‹ SEE ALSO πŸ¦‹

bestie there is a whole friend group here, we are not doing this alone. first the kernel file where all this lives:

./drivers/crypto/hisilicon/qm.c

and then the entire extended squad, in the order the page lists them, because i would never do the homies dirty:

and yeah, hisi_qm_resume(9) is right there at the end β€” hisi_qm_suspend's other half, the wake-up-to-your-phone-at-3am of the pair πŸ˜­πŸ’–


lowkey the whole family is filed under ./drivers/crypto/hisilicon, dated October 2026, and honestly that's a whole era. go read the friends, they ate πŸ’…

k bye, go suspend something responsibly πŸŽ€βœ¨πŸ’œ

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