intel_idle_c..._driver_init(9)

💅 intel_idle_c..._driver_init(9) — like, the Kernel API Manual girlies know ✨

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual page for intel_idle_c..._driver_init(9) — yes that's the whole truncated name, she's mysterious, she's iconic, we don't ask questions 🎀

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🌸 NAME 🌸

intel_idle_cpuidle_driver_init — she's the one who creates the list of available idle states, no cap 🦋

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

void intel_idle_cpuidle_driver_init (struct cpuidle_driver *drv );

that's it. that's the whole vibe. a void returning queen that takes exactly one pointer, periodt 💅

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• drv — the cpuidle driver structure you're gonna initialize 🫶 like, hand her the driver struct and she does the rest, iykyk

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🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

the whole friend group shows up for this one, fr fr:

• Kernel file ./drivers/idle/intel_idle.c 👑 (the source of truth, the main character)
• intel_idle(9)
• intel_idle_s2idle(9)
• intel_idle_cst_usable(9)
• ivt_idle_state_table_update(9)
• irtl_2_usec(9)
• bxt_idle_state_table_update(9)
• sklh_idle_state_table_update(9)
• skx_is_pc6_disabled(9)
• skx_idle_state_table_update(9)
• spr_idle_state_table_update(9)
• drop_pc6_redundant_cstates(9)
• byt_cht_auto_demotion_disable(9)
• intel_idle_cpu_init(9)
• intel_idle_cpuidle_devices_uninit(9)
• validate_cmdline_cstate(9)
• cmdline_table_adjust(9)

like… that's a lot of siblings but every single one of them ate 💀✨

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ngl bestie, the only thing this function returns is nothing (void) — so don't go looking for a return value, she doesn't do that 🙈

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and that's the page!! mwah 💖

source + version + date tea: this little slice of kernel lore lives under ./drivers/idle, dated October 2026, and it's all the Kernel API Manual's doing ⭐ go forth and slay your idle states, bestie 🌈💜