vmmouse_init(9)

💅 vmmouse_init(9) 💅

okay bestie, this page is from the Kernel API Manual, and today's main character is vmmouse_init — yes, the driver-init one. it's giving kernel plumbing but make it cute. 🫶

🌸 NAME 🌸

vmmouse_init — initialize the vmmouse driver

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

int vmmouse_init (struct psmouse *psmouse );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• psmouse — pointer to the psmouse struct. lowkey important. 🐭

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

okay so here's the tea: vmmouse_init() requests the device and tries to enable vmmouse mode. if that's successful, it sets up the input device for relative movement events. it also allocates another input device and sets it up for absolute motion events. then it returns 0 on success and -1 on failure. periodt. 💅

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

the whole crew, bestie — plus the kernel file:

• 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_enable(9)
• vmmouse_check_hypervisor(9)
• vmmouse_detect(9)
• vmmouse_reset(9)
• vmmouse_disconnect(9)
• vmmouse_reconnect(9)

that's the whole page, bestie 💖 this one lives under the ./drivers/input/mouse source path, it's dated October 2026, and the page is vmmouse_init(9). slay and goodbye. 🌈✨