to_wmi_device(9)

💅 to_wmi_device — Kernel API Manual ✨

okay bestie, welcome to the little corner of the kernel docs where we talk about to_wmi_device 🎀 — and yes, it's a helper macro whose whole entire job is casting a device to a wmi_device. that's it. that's the vibe. lowkey iconic for how much it commits to one (1) task 💖

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✨ NAME ✨

to_wmi_device — a helper macro that casts a device to a wmi_device, no cap 🫶

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

to_wmi_device (device );

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• device — a device struct. yep, that's the one you're handing over, bestie 💅

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🧚 DESCRIPTION 🧚

okay so here's the whole thing: it casts a struct device to a struct wmi_device. that's the move. that's the entire plot. it's giving "one job and she ate" ⭐

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💜 SEE ALSO 💜

like, go read these next, fr fr 👑

• Kernel file ./include/linux/wmi.h
• struct wmi_device(9)
• struct wmi_buffer(9)
• struct wmi_string(9)
• struct wmi_driver(9)
• to_wmi_driver(9)
• wmi_driver_register(9)
• module_wmi_driver(9)

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and that's the page, bestie 🍓 this lil masterpiece lives over in ./include/linux, and it's dated October 2026 — go off, calendar icon 💀✨