pse_pw_d_is_sw_pw_control(9)

💅 pse_pw_d_is_sw_pw_control — like, is this power control a software girlie or what?

okay bestie, welcome to pse_pw_d_is_sw_pw_control(9) from the Kernel API Manual ✨ this one's a tiny little yes/no function and honestly it ate 💖

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✨ NAME ✨

pse_pw_d_is_sw_pw_control — figure out whether the power control is managed by software, no cap 🫶

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

bool pse_pw_d_is_sw_pw_control (struct pse_controller_dev *pcdev ,
struct pse_power_domain *pw_d );

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• pcdev — a pointer to the PSE controller device 👑 like, the controller itself, bestie
• pw_d — a pointer to the PSE power domain 🦋 the specific domain we're doing a vibe check on

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💜 DESCRIPTION 💜

So this function literally just determines whether the power control for a specific power domain is managed by software in the interrupt handler, rather than directly by hardware 💅 yes, that distinction matters, iykyk.

Software power control is active in these cases, periodt:

• When the budget evaluation strategy is set to static ⭐
• When the budget evaluation strategy is disabled but the PSE controller has an interrupt handler that can report if a Powered Device is connected 🔥

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🌈 RETURN 🌈

• true if the power control of the power domain is managed by software 🧚✨
• false otherwise 💀 (no software control energy today, sorry)

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🍓 SEE ALSO 🍓

Kernel file ./drivers/net/pse-pd/pse_core.c, plus the whole friend group:

• struct pse_control(9)
• struct pse_power_domain(9)
• of_load_pse_pi_pairsets(9)
• of_load_pse_pis(9)
• pse_control_find_by_id(9)
• pse_control_get_netdev(9)
• pse_pi_is_hw_enabled(9)
• pse_pi_is_admin_enable_pending(9)
• pse_pw_d_retry_power_delivery(9)
• pse_pi_deallocate_pw_budget(9)
• _pse_pi_disable(9)
• pse_disable_pi_pol(9)
• pse_disable_pi_prio(9)
• pse_pi_allocate_pw_budget_static_prio(9)
• pse_pi_allocate_pw_budget(9)
• _pse_pi_delivery_power_sw_pw_ctrl(9)
• pse_flush_pw_ds(9)
• devm_pse_alloc_pw_d(9)
• pse_register_pw_ds(9)
• pse_send_ntf_worker(9)
• pse_controller_register(9)
• pse_controller_unregister(9)
• devm_pse_controller_register(9)
• pse_to_regulator_notifs(9)
• pse_set_config_isr(9)
• pse_isr(9)
• devm_pse_irq_helper(9)
• pse_control_put(9)
• of_pse_match_pi(9)
• psec_id_xlate(9)
• pse_get_sw_admin_state(9)
• pse_ethtool_get_status(9)
• pse_ethtool_set_config(9)
• pse_pi_update_pw_budget(9)
• pse_ethtool_set_pw_limit(9)
• pse_ethtool_set_prio(9)

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mwah 💋 that's the whole page! This lil cutie lives in ./drivers/net/pse-pd, and this version is the October 2026 era 🗓️✨ slay, go read the source, ily, bye 🫶💖