pm_runtime_enable(9)

💅 pm_runtime_enable 💅

okay bestie, so we're literally in the Kernel API Manual and this is the page for pm_runtime_enable — yes, that whole pm_runtime_enable(9) situation, we're doing it, we're learning it, periodt. ✨

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🌸 NAME 🌸

pm_runtime_enable — Enable runtime PM of a device. that's it. that's the vibe. runtime power management but make it enabled. slay. 💖

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

void pm_runtime_enable (struct device *dev );

look at her. iconic signature. returns void so like… no notes, she doesn't even need to tell you if it worked. main character energy fr. 👑

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• dev — the Device to handle. that's your device bestie, the one you're gonna handle. give her the runtime PM enable treatment. 🫶

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✨ SEE ALSO ✨

okay so this is the part where the manpage is like "here's literally everyone" — it's giving friend group, it's giving the whole group chat. so many icons. let's list them all because we do not skip anyone in this house: 💅

• the Kernel file is at ./drivers/base/power/runtime.c — that's home base, iykyk 🏠
• update_pm_runtime_accounting(9)
• pm_runtime_deactivate_timer(9)
• pm_runtime_cancel_pending(9)
• rpm_check_suspend_allowed(9)
• pm_runtime_release_supplier(9)
• __rpm_callback(9)
• rpm_callback(9)
• rpm_idle(9)
• rpm_suspend(9)
• rpm_resume(9)
• pm_runtime_work(9)
• pm_suspend_timer_fn(9)
• pm_schedule_suspend(9)
• __pm_runtime_idle(9)
• __pm_runtime_suspend(9)
• __pm_runtime_resume(9)
• pm_runtime_get_conditional(9)
• pm_runtime_get_if_active(9)
• pm_runtime_get_if_in_use(9)
• __pm_runtime_set_status(9)
• __pm_runtime_barrier(9)
• pm_runtime_barrier(9)
• devm_pm_runtime_set_active_enabled(9)
• devm_pm_runtime_enable(9)
• devm_pm_runtime_get_noresume(9)
• pm_runtime_forbid(9)
• pm_runtime_allow(9)
• pm_runtime_no_callbacks(9)
• pm_runtime_irq_safe(9)
• update_autosuspend(9)
• pm_runtime_set_autosuspend_delay(9)
• __pm_runtime_use_autosuspend(9)
• pm_runtime_init(9)
• pm_runtime_reinit(9)
• pm_runtime_remove(9)
• pm_runtime_get_suppliers(9)
• pm_runtime_put_suppliers(9)
• pm_runtime_drop_link(9)
• pm_runtime_force_suspend(9)
• pm_runtime_force_resume(9)

like… that's the whole squad. no cap, every single one made the list and we respect that. 🌈⭐

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ngl bestie this page is short and sweet — but that just means there's nothing to skip, so we kept every single detail. no cap. 🍓

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and that's a wrap on this little manpage moment!! this one came from ./drivers/base/power, dated October 2026, and we're signing off with the iconic header herself, pm_runtime_enable(9). love her, mean it, bye bestie!! 💜🧚✨