amdgpu_devi...get_ip_block(9)

💜 amdgpu_device_ip_get_ip_block(9) 💜

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual — this little cutie lives in section 9 and its whole job is handing you a hardware IP pointer. no cap, that's it. that's the gig. 🫶

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✨ NAME ✨

amdgpu_device_ip_get_ip_block — get a hw IP pointer

like. it gets you an IP block pointer. main character function energy fr fr 👑

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

struct amdgpu_ip_block * amdgpu_device_ip_get_ip_block (struct
       amdgpu_device *adev , enum amd_ip_block_type type );

literally just hand it a device and a type and it does the thing 💅

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• adev — amdgpu_device pointer. the device bestie in question 🖥️
• type — Type of hardware IP (SMU, GFX, UVD, etc.). which flavor of IP block you're looking for ✨

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

Returns a pointer to the hardware IP block structure if it exists for the asic — otherwise NULL. periodt. no extra lore, no side quests. if it's there you get the pointer, if it's not there you get NULL and you gotta deal with it 😭

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

Kernel file ./drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_ip.c — that's where the magic actually lives, go read it iykyk 📖

• amdgpu_device_ip_block_version_cmp(9)
• amdgpu_device_ip_block_add(9)
• amdgpu_device_ip_set_clockgating_state(9)
• amdgpu_device_ip_set_powergating_state(9)
• amdgpu_device_ip_get_clockgating_state(9)
• amdgpu_device_ip_wait_for_idle(9)
• amdgpu_device_ip_is_valid(9)
• amdgpu_ip_from_ring(9)
• amdgpu_ring_mask_from_ip(9)
• amdgpu_device_ip_soft_reset(9)

whole friend group honestly, go say hi to all of them 🧚💖

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lowkey always check for NULL before you dereference, bestie. i'm not gonna say it twice. 💀

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okay that's the whole page!! sourced fresh from ./drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu, stamped October 2026, from your one and only Kernel API Manual 💜 slay, go forth and get those IP blocks 🌟🎀🦋