amdgpu_device_suspend(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

✨ amdgpu_device_suspend 💤

okay so bestie, welcome to the amdgpu_device_suspend(9) page — it lives in the Kernel API Manual and honestly it's a little short but she's iconic 💅

🎀 NAME 🎀

amdgpu_device_suspend — the one that initiates device suspend 🦋 like literally she starts the nap

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

int amdgpu_device_suspend (struct drm_device *dev , bool notify_clients );

that's the whole signature, no cap ✨

💖 ARGUMENTS 💖

  • dev — the drm dev pointer 🫶 lowkey just your drm device, that's it
  • notify_clients — tells you whether to notify the in-kernel DRM clients 📣 (yes, the ones already living in-kernel, not userspace bestie)

🌈 DESCRIPTION 🌈

So what does she actually do? She puts the hw in the suspend state — and yes, all asics, every single one of them, no exceptions 🔥

She returns 0 for success or an error on failure, periodt. And she gets called at driver suspend, so she's main character energy for the whole suspend flow 👑

ngl, this one's short but she's doing a LOT of work behind the scenes 💀

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

First up, the source vibe check 💜 the kernel file lives at ./drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_device.c

and then the whole friend group, iykyk:

that's the whole group chat, go say hi 🫶💜

and that's the page bestie!! 💅✨ she comes to you from ./drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu, dated October 2026 — mwah, slay, go put that GPU to sleep 😴🎀

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