thc_acpi_get_property(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💜 thc_acpi_get_property(9) — the Kernel API Manual, but make it cute

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual entry for thc_acpi_get_property 💅 this one's a little helper that goes and asks a device what its ACPI parameters are, and honestly? it's giving "small function, big responsibilities." let's get into it 🫶

✨ NAME ✨

thc_acpi_get_property — literally just Query device ACPI parameter 🎀

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

int thc_acpi_get_property (struct acpi_device *adev , const guid_t *guid
, u64 rev , u64 func , acpi_object_type type , void *prop_buf );

no cap, that's the whole signature 👑 copy it exactly, don't be out here renaming things 🙈

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

every single one of these matters, so pay attention bestie:

  • adev — point to ACPI device. this is the device you're interrogating, main character of the operation ✨
  • guid — ACPI method's guid. yes, a whole guid_t pointer, and yes it's const because we're respectful 💅
  • rev — ACPI method's revision. a u64, so she's got range 🌈
  • func — ACPI method's function number. also a u64 🔥
  • type — ACPI parameter's data type. an acpi_object_type, so the function knows what flavour of data to expect 🍓
  • prop_buf — point to return buffer. this is where the answer lands, so it better be ready 💖

🧚 DESCRIPTION 🧚

so basically: This is a helper function for device to query its ACPI parameters.

that's it, that's the vibe 💀 it's a helper — a little support-system bestie for devices that need to go fetch their own ACPI parameter info. not a whole journey, just a reliable little utility that does its one job and does it well. slay ⭐

🎀 RETURN 🎀

  • 0 — if successful. icons only, we love a clean zero 💚
  • ENODEV — on failed. 😭 yeah, if it flops you're getting ENODEV back, so check that return value fr fr
lowkey important: check the return, bestie. 0 means you ate, ENODEV means no device for you 🙈

🫶 SEE ALSO 🫶

the kernel file in question, in all its glory:

./drivers/hid/intel-thc-hid/intel-quickspi/pci-quickspi.c

and the whole friend group of related functions, no gatekeeping here:

go read them, they're all part of the same intel-quickspi storyline 💜

and that's the page!! 🦋 sign-off time: this came out of ./drivers/hid/intel-thc-hid/in... (yes it's truncated in the original, don't come for me 💀), dated October 2026, and it's the thc_acpi_get_property(9) manual page. k bye, ily, go check your return codes 💖✨🎀

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