host_control_smi(9)

💖 host_control_smi(9) 💖

okay bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual page for host_control_smi — manual-name energy folded in right here near the top, because we are not copying that whole header line, we are curating it 💅

🌸 NAME 🌸

host_control_smi — generate host control SMI ✨

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

int host_control_smi (void );

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• void — no arguments. literally none, bestie 🫶

✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

The caller must set up the host control command in smi_buf.virt. That is the setup step, no cap — get the host control command into smi_buf.virt, and that is the whole prerequisite vibe 💖

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

Kernel file ./drivers/platform/x86/dell/dcdbas.c — plus these iconic functions, all linked and living their best lives:

• smi_data_buf_free(9)
• smi_data_buf_realloc(9)
• dcdbas_smi_request(9)
• smi_request_store(9)
• dcdbas_host_control(9)
• dcdbas_reboot_notify(9)
• dcdbas_init(9)
• dcdbas_exit(9)

💌 signed off from ./drivers/platform/x86/dell • date: October 2026 • page: host_control_smi(9) — source/version and date folded into this cute little sign-off, mwah 💋