is_hpet_enabled(9)
π is_hpet_enabled(9) β a Kernel API Manual moment π
okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual, and today's main character is is_hpet_enabled(9). yes it's a whole manual page for one little function and honestly? iconic. π
β¨ NAME β¨
is_hpet_enabled β check whether the legacy HPET timer interrupt is enabled π
like, that's it. that's the job. she checks. she reports. she leaves. periodt.
π¦ SYNOPSIS π¦
int is_hpet_enabled (void );
she takes nothing, she returns an int, she's lowkey mysterious about it. no cap. β¨
πΈ ARGUMENTS πΈ
voidβ no arguments. zero. none. the void is void-ing. it's giving "I don't need your input, I'm self-sufficient" energy fr fr π
ngl this is the easiest arguments section I've ever written, bestie β there is literally nothing to pass in. π«Ά
π SEE ALSO π
- Kernel file
./arch/x86/kernel/hpet.cβ go read the source, it's right there, she's not hiding π hpet_enable(9)β the sibling! the counterpart! if you likedis_hpet_enabled, you're gonna be obsessed with this one π₯
β the cute little sign-off β
so this whole thing lives under ./arch/x86/kernel, and it was dated October 2026 β yes, future vibes, we love a timestamp that's ahead of schedule π and the page itself is is_hpet_enabled(9), one more time for the people in the back. mwah. ππ
π¦ where this page comes from
- nixpkgs unstable: linux-manual 7.3.1
- π girlified by deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-1017 on : a language model's rewrite of the original, under its terms