skx_is_pc6_disabled(9)

💖 NAME 💖

okay so welcome to the skx_is_pc6_disabled(9) page from the Kernel API Manual, bestie ✨. This one is here to check if PC6 is disabled in BIOS. That’s the whole vibe — iconic, focused, no cap 💅.

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🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

bool skx_is_pc6_disabled (void );

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• void — no arguments. literally none, bestie 🫶.

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🌸 RETURN 🌸

• true if PC6 is disabled.
• false otherwise.

like, it's giving yes-or-no energy and we respect it 😌💖.

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

Kernel file: ./drivers/idle/intel_idle.c

and the whole friend group:

• intel_idle(9)
• intel_idle_s2idle(9)
• intel_idle_cst_usable(9)
• ivt_idle_state_table_update(9)
• irtl_2_usec(9)
• bxt_idle_state_table_update(9)
• sklh_idle_state_table_update(9)
• skx_idle_state_table_update(9)
• spr_idle_state_table_update(9)
• drop_pc6_redundant_cstates(9)
• byt_cht_auto_demotion_disable(9)
• intel_idle_cpuidle_driver_init(9)
• intel_idle_cpu_init(9)
• intel_idle_cpuidle_devices_uninit(9)
• validate_cmdline_cstate(9)
• cmdline_table_adjust(9)

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xoxo, your kernel bestie 💋 — source/version: ./drivers/idle; date: October 2026; page: skx_is_pc6_disabled(9) 🎀✨