amdgpu_bo_create_vm(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💖 amdgpu_bo_create_vm(9) 💖

okay bestie so this is from the Kernel API Manual (section 9, kernel API, iykyk) and it's literally the glow-up guide for making a buffer object that GPUVM can vibe with. no cap, it's short, but every word eats. 🦋

✨ NAME ✨

amdgpu_bo_create_vm — create an &amdgpu_bo_vm buffer object. that's it, that's the whole job, and she does it flawlessly. 💅

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

int amdgpu_bo_create_vm (struct amdgpu_device *adev , struct
amdgpu_bo_param *bp , struct amdgpu_bo_vm **vmbo_ptr );

three args, one int back, absolutely iconic behavior. 🎀

🫶 ARGUMENTS 🫶

  • adev — the amdgpu device object. your main character device, the whole reason we're here.
  • bp — parameters to be used for the buffer object. literally the blueprint, the Pinterest board, the vision.
  • vmbo_ptr — pointer to the buffer object pointer. yeah, a pointer to a pointer — she's double-indirected and she's thriving. 😭

🧚 DESCRIPTION 🧚

Create a BO to be for GPUVM.

that's the whole description fr fr. short, sweet, and lowkey doing the most. 🔥

⭐ RETURN ⭐

0 for success or a negative error code on failure. so if you see a negative number, that's not a vibe check you passed — that's a fail, bestie. 💀

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

the source lives in the kernel file ./drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_object.c — go say hi to her 🫶

and here's the whole friend group, all of them, in order, no one left out because we don't do that here:

like, thirty-six besties. a whole squad. she's connected. 👑

ngl, the docs are thin on this one, but the facts are the facts and the facts are slaying. go read the source if you want the lore. 🍓

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