vmmouse_enable(9)

🎀 vmmouse_enable(9) — Kernel API Manual 🎀

okay bestie, welcome to the vmmouse_enable(9) page — this is the Kernel API Manual moment where we turn on vmmouse and ask for absolute mode. slay. 💅

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✨ NAME ✨

vmmouse_enable — enable vmmouse and request absolute mode. literally the function’s whole personality. 🦋

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

int vmmouse_enable (struct psmouse *psmouse );

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• psmouse — pointer to the struct psmouse struct. that’s it, that’s the argument. iconic. 💖

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💫 DESCRIPTION 💫

okay so this function tries to enable vmmouse mode. it performs basic checks and requests absolute vmmouse mode. returns 0 on success, and -ENODEV on failure. vibe check complete. ✨

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

• Kernel file: ./drivers/input/mouse/vmmouse.c
• struct vmmouse_data(9)
• vmmouse_report_button(9)
• vmmouse_report_events(9)
• vmmouse_process_byte(9)
• vmmouse_disable(9)
• vmmouse_check_hypervisor(9)
• vmmouse_detect(9)
• vmmouse_reset(9)
• vmmouse_disconnect(9)
• vmmouse_reconnect(9)
• vmmouse_init(9)

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🫶 source/version footer energy: ./drivers/input/mouse · October 2026 · vmmouse_enable(9) — bye bestie! 💖