is_dock_device(9)

💅 is_dock_device(9) 💅

okay bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual — we're doing a vibe check on docks today, and yes, it's giving very niche-kernel-energy. 🎀

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✨ NAME ✨

is_dock_device — see if a device is on a dock station 🦋

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

int is_dock_device (struct acpi_device *adev );

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💖 ARGUMENTS 💖

• adev — the ACPI device object to check, aka the little guy we're investigating 🔍

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🧚 DESCRIPTION 🧚

So here's the tea: if this device is either the dock station itself, or it's a device dependent on the dock station, then bestie… it is a dock device. That's the whole check. No cap. 💅

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

The kernel file in question is ./drivers/acpi/dock.c, and it's linked up with all these iconic friends:

• add_dock_dependent_device(9)
• find_dock_dependent_device(9)
• dock_present(9)
• hot_remove_dock_devices(9)
• hotplug_dock_devices(9)
• handle_dock(9)
• dock_in_progress(9)
• handle_eject_request(9)
• dock_notify(9)
• acpi_dock_add(9)

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✨ cute sign-off ✨ this page is brought to you by the ./drivers/acpi source/version vibe, dated October 2026. stay docked, stay slay. 🫶💜