input_scancode_to_scalar(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 NAME 💅

input_scancode_to_scalar — the one that converts the scancode sitting inside a &struct input_keymap_entry, bestie 🎀

So like, this is from the Kernel API Manual, and we're about to make it make sense, iykyk ✨

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

int input_scancode_to_scalar (const struct input_keymap_entry *ke ,
unsigned int *scancode );

okay so that's the whole vibe check right there 💖

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

  • ke — the keymap entry that's holding the scancode we're about to convert. it's giving "carrying the precious cargo" energy ngl 🎀
  • scancode — a pointer to the spot where the converted scancode is gonna get stored. like, that's the drop-off address, periodt 💅

✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

okay so here's the tea ☕ — this function takes the scancode that's chillin' inside struct keymap_entry and converts it into the scalar form that the legacy keymap handling methods actually understand. the way that those old-school methods are literally so picky 😭 — they expect scancodes to be represented as 'unsigned int' and nothing else. so yeah, input_scancode_to_scalar is the translator bestie that makes the whole conversation happen 🫶

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

like, the whole friend group lives in the kernel file ./drivers/input/input.c and here's literally every single one of them, no cap:

ngl that's a long guest list but every single one of them ate 💀✨

and that's a wrap, bestie 🎀 this iconic lil page came to you from ./drivers/input and it's stamped October 2026 — mwah, slay, input_scancode_to_scalar(9) out 💖🌈💜

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