ips_get_i915_syms(9)

💅 ips_get_i915_syms(9) — Kernel API Manual 💅

okay bestie, buckle up: this is the Kernel API Manual page for ips_get_i915_syms, and it’s lowkey iconic. ✨

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🌸 NAME 🌸

ips_get_i915_syms — try to get GPU control methods from i915 driver 🫶

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

bool ips_get_i915_syms (struct ips_driver *ips );

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• ips — IPS driver 💖

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so the i915 driver exports several interfaces, and they exist so the IPS driver can monitor and control graphics turbo mode. 👑

if we can find them, we can enable graphics turbo. if we can’t, we must disable it — no cap — to avoid exceeding thermal and power limits in the MCP. 🔥

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🌈 RETURN 🌈

true if the required symbols are found, else false 💀

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

the kernel file is ./drivers/platform/x86/intel_ips.c — and here’s the whole bestie squad:

• ips_cpu_busy(9)
• ips_cpu_raise(9)
• ips_cpu_lower(9)
• do_enable_cpu_turbo(9)
• ips_enable_cpu_turbo(9)
• do_disable_cpu_turbo(9)
• ips_disable_cpu_turbo(9)
• ips_gpu_busy(9)
• ips_gpu_raise(9)
• ips_gpu_lower(9)
• ips_enable_gpu_turbo(9)
• ips_disable_gpu_turbo(9)
• mcp_exceeded(9)
• cpu_exceeded(9)
• mch_exceeded(9)
• verify_limits(9)
• update_turbo_limits(9)
• ips_adjust(9)
• ips_monitor(9)
• ips_irq_handler(9)
• ips_detect_cpu(9)

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and that’s the whole vibe check, bestie 🧚💜 this cutie comes from the source/version footer ./drivers/platform/x86, dated October 2026 — periodt. 🎀