amdgpu_uvd_ring_parse_cs(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 amdgpu_uvd_ring_parse_cs(9) — like, the UVD command submission parser, bestie

okay so this is a page straight out of the Kernel API Manual, and it's literally about amdgpu_uvd_ring_parse_cs — the UVD command submission parser. yes, that's the whole vibe: it parses your command streams and patches addresses in. iconic behavior, honestly. 🎀

✨ NAME ✨

amdgpu_uvd_ring_parse_cs — UVD command submission parser 🦋

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

int amdgpu_uvd_ring_parse_cs (struct amdgpu_cs_parser *parser , struct
amdgpu_job *job , struct amdgpu_ib *ib );

like, three structs walk into a function and it returns an int. no cap. 💅

👑 ARGUMENTS 👑

  • parser — the command submission parser context. it's giving "the main character holding all the state" energy ✨
  • job — the job to parse. yeah. that one. the job. 🫶
  • ib — the IB to patch. it's literally getting patched, bestie 🔥

🌈 DESCRIPTION 🌈

so what does it actually do? it parses the command stream, and then it patches in addresses as necessary. that's it. that's the tea. 🍓 lowkey elegant, highkey essential.

ngl, "patch in addresses as necessary" is doing a lot of heavy lifting here, but that's exactly what the page says and we're not gonna invent extra lore. 🙈

💜 SEE ALSO 💜

the kernel file lives at ./drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_uvd.c — go read it, iykyk 💀

and then the whole friend group of related functions, in order, because we don't gatekeep:

okay that's the page!! 🧚 this masterpiece comes to you from ./drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu and it's dated October 2026 — so yeah, it's from the future, slay. periodt. 💖⭐

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