vt_do_kdskbmeta(9)

okay bestie, welcome to vt_do_kdskbmeta(9) from the Kernel API Manual 💅✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

vt_do_kdskbmeta — set keyboard meta state 🎛️✨

💖 SYNOPSIS 💖

int vt_do_kdskbmeta (unsigned int console , unsigned int arg );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• console — the console to use 🖥️✨
• arg — the requested meta state 🎚️💫

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

okay so this one updates the keyboard meta bits while holding the correct locks 🔒💅. it returns 0 for success or an error code, periodt ✨.

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

kernel file ./drivers/tty/vt/keyboard.c 👀📁, plus these iconic besties:

• vt_get_leds(9)
• vt_set_led_state(9)
• vt_kbd_con_start(9)
• vt_kbd_con_stop(9)
• vt_do_diacrit(9)
• vt_do_kdskbmode(9)
• vt_do_kdgkbmeta(9)
• vt_reset_unicode(9)
• vt_get_shift_state(9)
• vt_reset_keyboard(9)
• vt_get_kbd_mode_bit(9)
• vt_set_kbd_mode_bit(9)
• vt_clr_kbd_mode_bit(9)

cute little sign-off: this page's source/version energy is ./drivers/tty/vt, dated October 2026, and it's still vt_do_kdskbmeta(9) — mwah 💋🫶