hw_chk_wol_pme_status(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 hw_chk_wol_pme_status(9) 💅

okay so bestie, we're in the Kernel API Manual today and the star of the show is hw_chk_wol_pme_status — say that five times fast, iykyk 😭 this one's a lil function from the kernel side of things and honestly? she's lowkey iconic. let's get into it ✨

🎀 NAME 🎀

hw_chk_wol_pme_status — check PMEN pin 👑

like, that's literally her whole job. checking on the PMEN pin. no cap.

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

int hw_chk_wol_pme_status (struct ksz_hw *hw );

that's it, that's the whole vibe. one arg, returns an int. clean. simple. main character energy fr fr 🦋

🌸 ARGUMENTS 🌸

  • hw — The hardware instance. this is your hardware baddie, the actual struct you're poking at. she's the one you're asking about 🫶

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

so what does she actually do? bestie, this function is used to check whether the PMEN pin is asserted. that's it. that's the whole gig. she looks at the pin, she tells you what's up 💅

and the tea on the return value: it returns 1 if the PMEN pin is asserted; otherwise, 0. binary queen. no in-between, no maybe, just 1 or 0 🎀

okay but real talk — 1 means asserted, 0 means not. don't mix 'em up or you'll be debugging at 3am and crying 😭 the manpage said it, not me.

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

the friend group is huge, bestie. like, this function rolls deep. go say hi to all of them 👑 and fr fr, start with the kernel file itself:

  • Kernel file ./drivers/net/ethernet/micrel/ksz884x.c

and then the whole extended squad:

like I said. huge friend group. she's connected, okay? 💀✨

and that's the whole page, bestie 🫶 this came to you from ./drivers/net/ethernet/micrel, dated October 2026, and it's hw_chk_wol_pme_status(9) all the way down. go check that PMEN pin, slay, and stay hydrated 💜🌸

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