x86_acpi_enter_sleep_state(9)

okay so bestie, welcome to the x86_acpi_enter_sleep_state(9) page from the Kernel API Manual — it’s giving tiny-but-iconic assembly-facing sleep-state energy 💤✨

✨ NAME ✨

x86_acpi_enter_sleep_state — enter sleep state 🛌💅

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

acpi_status __visible x86_acpi_enter_sleep_state (u8 state );

✨ ARGUMENTS ✨

• state — Sleep state to enter. That’s the whole assignment, fr fr 🎀

✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

okay so this is literally a wrapper around acpi_enter_sleep_state, and it’s meant to be called by assembly. That’s the lore: assembly needs this little entry point, and this function is it. periodt 🫶

✨ SEE ALSO ✨

• Kernel file ./arch/x86/kernel/acpi/sleep.c
• acpi_get_wakeup_address(9)
• x86_acpi_suspend_lowlevel(9)

mwah 💋 this cutie was brought to you by ./arch/x86/kernel/acpi, dated October 2026, for x86_acpi_enter_sleep_state(9) — bye bestie, go enter a sleep state responsibly 🌙🦋