DEVICE_ENABLE(9)

💖 DEVICE_ENABLE 💖

okay bestie, welcome to the Kernel Developer's Manual, section 9 — yes we're in the deep end and yes you're gonna slay it 🫶

✨ NAME ✨

device_enable, device_disable, device_is_enabled — the lil trio that manipulates a device's enabled flag 💅

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

#include <sys/param.h>
#include <sys/bus.h>

void
device_enable(device_t dev);

void
device_disable(device_t dev);

int
device_is_enabled(device_t dev);

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so literally every single device has an enabled flag attached to it, like a little vibe check it carries around at all times ✨

A device is enabled by default when it gets created — that's its factory setting, its main character era 👑. But it can be disabled, bestie. why would you do that? for instance, to prevent a destructive or time consuming probe attempt 😭 yeah, you heard me. sometimes the probe is giving chaos and you gotta shut it down before it eats your whole afternoon.

So here's the roster, no cap:

• wanna disable a device? call device_disable()
• wanna re-enable it? call device_enable()
• wanna know if it's enabled at all? call device_is_enabled() and it'll tell you fr fr 💖

that's it. that's the whole vibe. three functions, one flag, endless peace of mind 🧚

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• device(9)

💜 AUTHORS 💜

This manual page was written by Doug Rabson. iconic behavior honestly, thank you king 🎀

okay that's the whole page!! this was the DEVICE_ENABLE(9) joint from the Kernel Developer's Manual, Debian edition, dated June 16, 1998 ⭐ like... a literal vintage. a classic. we stan a legacy manpage 🍓

bye bestie, go enable something 💅✨