ps2_init(9)

🌸 NAME 🌸

okay so bestie, this is ps2_init(9) from the Kernel API Manual 💅✨ — and it initializes the ps2dev structure. Periodt.

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

void ps2_init (struct ps2dev *ps2dev , struct serio *serio ,
       ps2_pre_receive_handler_t pre_receive_handler , ps2_receive_handler_t
       receive_handler );

🫶 ARGUMENTS 🫶

• ps2dev — the structure that's getting initialized, bestie. ✨
• serio — the serio port associated with the PS/2 device. 💅
• pre_receive_handler — the validation handler that checks basic communication state. 🫶
• receive_handler — the main protocol handler. 👑

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

Prepares the ps2dev structure for use in drivers for PS/2 devices — literally getting it ready for its driver era. 🎀

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

The kernel file is ./drivers/input/serio/libps2.c, and the whole friend group is:

• ps2_sendbyte(9)
• ps2_begin_command(9)
• ps2_end_command(9)
• ps2_drain(9)
• ps2_is_keyboard_id(9)
• __ps2_command(9)
• ps2_command(9)
• ps2_sliced_command(9)
• ps2_interrupt(9)

mwah 💖 this page is serving source/version ./drivers/input/serio and date October 2026 energy, bestie — ps2_init(9) out 🫶🎀