ishtp_start(9)

💖 NAME 💖

okay so bestie, welcome to ishtp_start(9) from the Kernel API Manual — this is the page for ishtp_start, and its whole name vibe is literally “Start ISH processing.” ✨

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

int ishtp_start (struct ishtp_device *dev );

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• dev — the ISHTP device instance, aka the device you’re handing over to this function. 🫶

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

ishtp_start starts ISHTP processing by sending a query subscriber message. That’s the move. No cap. 💅

👑 RETURN 👑

• 0 on success — slay. 🌈
• otherwise -ENODEV — so if it’s not 0, that’s the error code coming back at you. 😭

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

• the kernel file ./drivers/hid/intel-ish-hid/ishtp/init.c 🧚
• ishtp_device_init(9) ⭐

signed with love, ishtp_start(9) 💌 — source/section path ./drivers/hid/intel-ish-hid/ishtp, dated October 2026, and yes, that’s the cute little footer moment. 🎀