ir_getkeycode(9)

✨ ir_getkeycode(9) ✨

okay so bestie, welcome to the ir_getkeycode page from the Kernel API Manual — yes that's the manual name, we're folding it in instead of doing the boring header thing 💅 this one's short and sweet but it's lowkey doing important work, so pay attention 🫶

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🌸 NAME 🌸

ir_getkeycode — literally just get a keycode from the scancode->keycode table 💖

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🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

int ir_getkeycode (struct input_dev *idev , struct input_keymap_entry
*ke );

that's the whole signature, no cap ✨

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• idev — the struct input_dev device descriptor, aka the device we're poking at 👀
• ke — the Input keymap entry, the thing we're working with 💫

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💜 DESCRIPTION 💜

so like, this routine is used to handle the evdev EVIOCGKEY ioctl. that's the whole description, she's a one-liner and she ate 🔥

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🌈 RETURN 🌈

bestie it always returns zero — every single time, no surprises, no drama, iconic behavior honestly 👑

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⭐ SEE ALSO ⭐

the whole friend group 💖 everybody below is from the kernel file ./drivers/media/rc/rc-main.c:

• scancode_to_u64(9)
• ir_create_table(9)
• ir_free_table(9)
• ir_resize_table(9)
• ir_update_mapping(9)
• ir_establish_scancode(9)
• ir_setkeycode(9)
• ir_setkeytable(9)
• ir_lookup_by_scancode(9)
• rc_g_keycode_from_table(9)
• ir_do_keyup(9)
• rc_keyup(9)
• ir_timer_keyup(9)
• ir_timer_repeat(9)
• rc_repeat(9)
• ir_do_keydown(9)
• rc_keydown(9)
• rc_keydown_notimeout(9)
• rc_validate_scancode(9)
• rc_validate_filter(9)
• struct rc_filter_attribute(9)
• show_protocols(9)
• parse_protocol_change(9)
• store_protocols(9)
• show_filter(9)
• store_filter(9)
• show_wakeup_protocols(9)
• store_wakeup_protocols(9)

like, that's a whole squad fr fr 🧚

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and that's the page!! sign-off time 🎀 this little beauty lives in ./drivers/media/rc and the version/date on it is October 2026 — screenshot it, memorize it, tell your friends, periodt 💅✨🍓