nbcon_state_read(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 nbcon_state_read(9) — the Kernel API Manual, bestie edition ✨

okay so this is a page from the Kernel API Manual, and honestly? she's short, she's sweet, she's a little helper function and she ate. periodt. let's get into it 🌸

✨ NAME ✨

nbcon_state_read — a helper function that reads the console state 🫶

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

void nbcon_state_read (struct console *con , struct nbcon_state *state );

no cap, that's the whole flex 💅

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

  • con — the console you wanna read from. like, that's the main character right there 👑
  • state — the state where you store the result. she's the output container, the little cup holding your freshly-read vibes 🍓

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

first off, the kernel file lives at ./kernel/printk/nbcon.c — that's her home, her address, her whole zip code 🏠 and then there's the entire friend group, literally the whole gc, all the related friends:

like, that's the whole squad, no one left out, we don't do that here 💜

so yeah — go read that console state, bestie. you got this. slay 💅✨

and for the little sign-off: this lil masterpiece is sourced from ./kernel/printk, dated October 2026, and yeah the name repeats at the bottom (nbcon_state_read(9)) because she's iconic like that 🎀🌸🫶

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