intel_pmc_ipc(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💖 NAME 💖

okay so bestie, listen up: intel_pmc_ipc — it's literally the PMC IPC Mailbox accessor. that's the whole vibe. iykyk 👑

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

int intel_pmc_ipc (struct pmc_ipc_cmd *ipc_cmd , struct pmc_ipc_rbuf
*rbuf );

no cap, that's the exact signature — don't come for me about the spacing, i'm just the messenger 🫶

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

  • ipc_cmd — your prepared input command to send. like, you already did the prep work, this is just the drop-off. main character energy fr fr 💅
  • rbuf — an allocated array for returned IPC data. yes, allocated — you gotta bring the container yourself, bestie, it's not gonna materialize out of thin air 😭

🌸 RETURN 🌸

  • 0 on success. slay, we ate, periodt ✨
  • Non-zero on mailbox error. not the vibe, but at least you know 💀

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

  • Kernel file ./include/linux/platform_data/x86/intel_pmc_ipc.h — go read it, it's giving essential lore 📖🌺
lowkey reminder: this whole page is from ./include/linux/platform_data/x86, dated October 2026, and it's the intel_pmc_ipc(9) manual page — so if you're citing it in a group chat, cite it correctly 😤💜

k bye, go call that mailbox bestie 🧚💖🌈

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