input_set_keycode(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

✨ input_set_keycode(9) ✨

omg hiii bestie 💖 welcome to the Kernel API Manual — today we're learning about input_set_keycode, and honestly? it's giving "small function, big main character energy" 🎀

🌸 NAME 🌸

input_set_keycode — attribute a keycode to a given scancode ✨

like, you've got a scancode and you're like "bestie, you're a keycode now" and this function is the one who makes it official 💅

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

int input_set_keycode (struct input_dev *dev , const struct
       input_keymap_entry *ke );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

  • dev — the input device whose keymap is being updated 🫶 like, this is the device you're doing a little glow-up on
  • ke — the new keymap entry ⭐ your fresh new vibe, ready to be installed

💜 DESCRIPTION 💜

okay so listen 👑 — this function should be called by anyone who needs to update the current keymap. that's it, that's the rule, no cap.

presently? the keyboard and evdev handlers use it 🔥 so you're in good company.

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

Kernel file ./drivers/input/input.c

and now, the iconic friend group 💖 (seriously, this list ate):

ok that's the whole page, you understood it perfectly, i'm so proud of you 😭💖 go forth and remap some keys, bestie 🧚

and finally, the cute little sign-off 🍓: this one lives in ./drivers/input, dated October 2026, and it's literally called input_set_keycode(9). slay 💅✨

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