xxxfb_suspend(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💤 xxxfb_suspend(9) — the Kernel API Manual, bestie edition 💤

okay so real talk, this is a page from the Kernel API Manual and the function is literally called xxxfb_suspend. yes the vibes are giving "suspend the device" and honestly? that's exactly what it does. slay.

✨ NAME ✨

xxxfb_suspend — an optional but recommended function. it suspends the device. that's it, that's the whole thing 🫶

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

int xxxfb_suspend (struct platform_device *dev , pm_message_t msg );

🌸 ARGUMENTS 🌸

  • dev — the platform device. the main character of this story, lowkey 💅
  • msg — the suspend event code. it's the little note telling everyone what kind of suspend moment we're having ✨

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

like, for more information, please go look at Documentation/driver-api/pm/devices.rst — that's where the lore lives, iykyk 📖✨

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

the whole squad lives in the kernel file ./drivers/video/fbdev/skeletonfb.c:

not me pointing out that xxxfb_resume(9) is listed twice 😭 bestie said "and also, one more time for the people in the back". both entries stay, no cap 💀
💜 tiny reminder that xxxfb_suspend is optional but recommended — so yeah you can skip it, but why would you ghost the device like that 🙈

okay that's the whole page!! 🍓 this absolute icon lives in ./drivers/video/fbdev, and the manual was dated October 2026 — see you in the future, bestie ✨🧚💖 periodt.

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