amdgpu_gart_table_ram_alloc(9)

🎀 amdgpu_gart_table_ram_alloc(9) 🎀

okay bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual ✨ — this one's about amdgpu_gart_table_ram_alloc(9), and no cap it's a cutie little function that just wants to hand you some memory. let's get into it 💅

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💖 NAME 💖

amdgpu_gart_table_ram_alloc — allocate system ram for gart page table</p> 🫶

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

int amdgpu_gart_table_ram_alloc (struct amdgpu_device *adev );

like, one arg, one return, we love a low-maintenance icon 👑

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• adev — amdgpu_device pointer. that's it. that's the whole vibe check 🎀

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⭐ DESCRIPTION ⭐

so the way that this works is it allocates system memory for the GART page table — specifically for the ASICs that don't have dedicated VRAM, iykyk 😌

it returns 0 for success (slay 🔥) and an error for failure (not slay 💀).

periodt, that's the whole function.

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

main character energy lives in this kernel file:

Kernel file ./drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_gart.c

and here's the whole friend group 🫶:

• amdgpu_gart_dummy_page_init(9)
• amdgpu_gart_dummy_page_fini(9)
• amdgpu_gart_table_ram_free(9)
• amdgpu_gart_table_vram_alloc(9)
• amdgpu_gart_table_vram_free(9)
• amdgpu_gart_unbind(9)
• amdgpu_gart_map(9)
• amdgpu_gart_map_vram_range(9)
• amdgpu_gart_map_gfx9_mqd(9)
• amdgpu_gart_bind(9)
• amdgpu_gart_invalidate_tlb(9)
• amdgpu_gart_init(9)

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💡 tiny reminder bestie: 0 = good vibes, error code = go read the code 😭

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okay that's the page!! sourced straight from ./drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu, dated October 2026 — mwah 💋 go forth and allocate responsibly, love u bye 🧚💜