amdgpu_device_get_pcie_info(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 amdgpu_device_get_pcie_info(9) — bestie, let's talk PCIe

okay so first things first: this page lives in the Kernel API Manual, section 9, and the function's full government name is amdgpu_device_get_pcie_info. say it with me. iconic. 🎀

✨ NAME ✨

amdgpu_device_get_pcie_info — fence pcie info about the PCIE slot

like, it goes and gets the info. and then fences it. no cap. 🦋

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

void amdgpu_device_get_pcie_info (struct amdgpu_device *adev );

short, sweet, returns nothing, does not miss. periodt. 💅

🫶 ARGUMENTS 🫶

  • adev — amdgpu_device pointer. that's the one and only thing you're handing it. it's giving "just the one friend who's driving" energy. 🚗

🔥 DESCRIPTION 🔥

so what does it actually do? it fetches the PCIE capabilities of the slot the device is sitting in — that's the gen speed and the lanes — and then it stores them in the driver. so the driver just... knows. main character energy, honestly. 👑

and the way it handles the weird edge cases?? obsessed. it's got you covered for:

  • APUs 🧚
  • virtualized environments, where PCIE config space may not be available 😭

so like, if the config space isn't there to read, it's not gonna have a meltdown — it knows what's up. lowkey so thoughtful of it. 💖

ngl, this is the kind of function that quietly does its job and never asks for credit. eat your heart out.

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

the friend group. the whole squad. every single one. 🫡

Kernel file: ./drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_device.c

like i said. the whole squad. 💀

that's the page, bestie. source and version vibes come from ./drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu, dated October 2026, and the man page is amdgpu_device_get_pcie_info(9) — slay, go read the source, ily 🍓💜🌈

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