ishtp_hbm_start_req(9)

💅 ishtp_hbm_start_req(9) — the Kernel API Manual, bestie edition 🎀

okay so this is a page from the Kernel API Manual, and today's main character is ishtp_hbm_start_req — literally the function that sends the HBM start message. yes queen, let's get into it ✨

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🌸 NAME 🌸

ishtp_hbm_start_req — Send HBM start message 💌

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

int ishtp_hbm_start_req (struct ishtp_device *dev );

that's it. one function, one argument, very demure, very mindful 🫶

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• dev — the ISHTP device instance. like, the actual device you're talking to. she's the one ✨

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💜 DESCRIPTION 💜

Send HBM start message to firmware. that's the whole vibe — you're poking the firmware and telling it to start, no cap 💅

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👑 RETURN 👑

Returns 0 if success, else an error code. so: zero means slay, anything else means something went off 😭

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

ok so the friend group / the whole era, in the order the page gives them 💖

• Kernel file ./drivers/hid/intel-ish-hid/ishtp/hbm.c — the source file itself, go read her 📖
• ishtp_hbm_fw_cl_allocate(9)
• ishtp_hbm_cl_hdr(9)
• ishtp_hbm_cl_addr_equal(9)
• ishtp_hbm_start_wait(9)
• ishtp_hbm_enum_clients_req(9)
• ishtp_hbm_prop_req(9)
• ishtp_hbm_stop_req(9)
• ishtp_hbm_cl_flow_control_req(9)
• ishtp_hbm_cl_disconnect_req(9)
• ishtp_hbm_cl_disconnect_res(9)
• ishtp_hbm_cl_connect_req(9)
• ishtp_hbm_cl_connect_res(9)
• ishtp_hbm_fw_disconnect_req(9)
• ishtp_hbm_dma_xfer_ack(9)
• ishtp_hbm_dma_xfer(9)
• ishtp_hbm_dispatch(9)
• bh_hbm_work_fn(9)
• recv_hbm(9)
• ishtp_loader_recv_msg(9)
• recv_fixed_cl_msg(9)
• fix_cl_hdr(9)
• ishtp_send_suspend(9)
• ishtp_send_resume(9)
• ishtp_query_subscribers(9)

periodt. that's the whole roster 🧚

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ngl, if you're here it's probably because you're deep in drivers/hid/intel-ish-hid/ishtp — iykyk 💀

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and that's the page!! 🍓 this cutie lives in ./drivers/hid/intel-ish-hid/ishtp, the manual is dated October 2026, and the version/title situation is ishtp_hbm_start_req(9) — mwah, bye bestie 💋🔥