kvm_mips_init_count(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 kvm_mips_init_count — the MIPS KVM timer glow-up

okay so bestie, welcome to the kvm_mips_init_count(9) page from the Kernel API Manual ✨ this one is short and sweet and honestly kind of iconic — it's the little function that sets up a virtual CPU's timer and gets it going 🎀

✨ NAME ✨

kvm_mips_init_count — literally just: Initialise timer. ⏰ That's the whole vibe. No cap.

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

void kvm_mips_init_count (struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu , unsigned long count_hz );

it returns void btw — it hands you nothing back, it just does the thing and leaves 💅

🌸 ARGUMENTS 🌸

  • vcpu — the Virtual CPU. your main character 🫶
  • count_hz — the frequency of the timer. the tempo, the BPM, the whole rhythm section 🔥

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

so here's what it does, fr fr: it initialises the timer to the specified frequency, then zeroes it, and then sets it going if it's enabled ✨

that's it. that's the whole function. three little steps and she slays 👑

lowkey obsessed with how a three-clause description can still be this powerful 😭

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

the kernel file lives at ./arch/mips/kvm/emulate.c — go say hi to it for me 🧚

and here's the whole friend group, all of them (9) sections, all of them invited to the group chat 💜

okay that's the page!! 🍓 it came from ./arch/mips/kvm, it's dated October 2026, and its whole name is kvm_mips_init_count(9) — go forth and initialise that timer bestie, ily, bye 💖✨🎀

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