hp_populate_...package_data(9)

✨ hp_populate_...package_data(9) ✨

okay bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual 💖 this one's a little function from the HP BIOS config corner of the kernel and honestly? it's giving "small but crucial" energy. let's get into it 🎀

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🌸 NAME 🌸

hp_populate_enumeration_package_data — the girl whose whole job is populating all the properties of an instance sitting under an enumeration attribute 💅 like that's literally her moment, no cap.

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

int hp_populate_enumeration_package_data (union acpi_object *enum_obj ,
int enum_obj_count , int instance_id , struct kobject *attr_name_kobj );

she returns an int, she takes four things, and yes she's got that main character signature ✨

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🌈 ARGUMENTS 🌈

• enum_obj — the ACPI object holding your enumeration data 🍓 this is the source material, the whole vibe check happens here.
• enum_obj_count — how many elements live inside enum_obj. literally just the headcount, bestie 🔢
• instance_id — the specific instance we're enumerating. gotta know which one we're doing 👑
• attr_name_kobj — the parent kernel object. the mom of the situation, if you will 🫶

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⭐ SEE ALSO ⭐

• kernel file ./drivers/platform/x86/hp/hp-bioscfg/enum-attributes.c — go read the source, iykyk 📖
• validate_enumeration_input(9) — the one who checks your work before you submit it, lowkey iconic
• hp_populate_enumeration_buffer_data(9) — her sibling, also doing the populate thing but for buffer data 💜
• hp_exit_enumeration_attributes(9) — the cleanup crew, and honestly? we stan a graceful exit 😭

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ngl bestie, the whole function name on this page is shortened to hp_populate_...package_data(9) in the header and footer — that's on purpose, not a typo, so don't come for me 🙈

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and that's the tea! ☕ this page came from ./drivers/platform/x86/hp/hp-b... and it's dated October 2026, so like, future girlie hours 🕰️✨ hope you understood everything, mwah 💋