sparse_keym...rom_scancode(9)

✨ NAME ✨

sparse_keymap_entry_from_scancode — bestie, this is the one that does the sparse keymap lookup 💅

(it lives in the Kernel API Manual, iykyk 🎀)

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

struct key_entry * sparse_keymap_entry_from_scancode (struct input_dev
*dev , unsigned int code );

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• dev — the input device that's out here using a sparse keymap 🫶
• code — the scan code, literally just the scan code

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💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

okay so picture this: this function is the one you call when you wanna do a struct key_entry lookup on an input device that's running a sparse keymap. that's it, that's the whole vibe ✨

like, it's giving "find me the key entry for this thing" energy, no cap 🔥

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• Kernel file ./drivers/input/sparse-keymap.c
• sparse_keymap_entry_from_keycode(9)
• sparse_keymap_setup(9)
• sparse_keymap_report_entry(9)
• sparse_keymap_report_event(9)

go read the whole friend group, they're all iconic 👑

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fr fr that's the whole page, and it slayed 💀✨

signing off from ./drivers/input, October 2026, mwah 🎀💋