amdgpu_device_prepare(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

✨ amdgpu_device_prepare(9) ✨

okay so bestie, welcome to the kernel API manual for amdgpu_device_prepare(9) — yes that's the whole title, she's giving "I'm a function and I know it" 💅 pcie energy, suspend prep, all of it. buckle up 🎀

🌸 NAME 🌸

amdgpu_device_prepare — literally the "get ready to nap" function for your device, aka prepare for device suspend 😴

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

int amdgpu_device_prepare (struct drm_device *dev );

💖 ARGUMENTS 💖

  • dev — the drm dev pointer 🫶 that's it, that's the whole vibe check. she takes one (1) argument and she takes it seriously.

👑 DESCRIPTION 👑

So here's the tea, bestie 🍵 — this function prepares to put the hardware into the suspend state, and this applies all asics, no exceptions, everybody's invited to the nap party 🌈.

She returns 0 for success, or an error on failure — classic ✨. And the important bit: this gets called at driver suspend, so like, that's her whole moment to shine, iykyk 🔥.

ngl this is the "pack your bags, we're going to sleep" stage of the suspend saga 💀 no cap.

⭐ SEE ALSO ⭐

the whole friend group, fr fr — these are all her mutuals in the kernel file ./drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_device.c:

aaaand that's the whole page bestie, you ate that 🍓💜 shoutout to ./drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu for hosting, dated October 2026, holding it down as amdgpu_device_prepare(9) — periodt 💅✨🌸

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