amdgpu_gfx_create_bitmask(9)

💅 amdgpu_gfx_create_bitmask — kernel api manual, bestie edition ✨

okay so bestie, we're in the Kernel API Manual today and the star of the show is amdgpu_gfx_create_bitmask(9). yes it's a whole mouthful, yes it's iconic, no you don't have to say it out loud. 🎀

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✨ NAME ✨

amdgpu_gfx_create_bitmask — literally just: create a bitmask. that's the whole vibe. 🦋

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

u32 amdgpu_gfx_create_bitmask (u32 bit_width );

no cap, that's the exact signature. copy it character for character or the compiler will absolutely humble you. 😭

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🫶 ARGUMENTS 🫶

• bit_width — the length of the mask. like, how many bits wide you want this thing. that's it, that's the input. 🤏

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👑 DESCRIPTION 👑

okay so here's the tea: this function creates a variable length bit mask. variable length!! it's giving flexible, it's giving tailored, it's giving main character energy. 🌈

and then — drumroll please — it returns the bitmask. yes bestie, the whole point. you give it a width, it gives you back a u32 mask. periodt. 💅

ngl there's not a ton more to say here — the manpage is short and sweet and we are not out here inventing behaviour that isn't written down. if it's not in the page, it's not in the page. fr fr. 🙈

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🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

• Kernel file ./drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_gfx.h — go look at the header, that's where the real lore lives. iykyk. 📖✨

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and that's the whole page bestie, you ate that 🍓 this little drop came to you from ./drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu, dated October 2026, and it's filed under amdgpu_gfx_create_bitmask(9) — so if you ever need to find it again, that's your girl. mwah 💖🧚‍♀️