amdtp_strea..._packet_desc(9)

🌸 NAME 🌸

okay so bestie, we’re in the Kernel API Manual 💖 and this page’s header shorthand is amdtp_strea..._packet_desc(9). The full function name is amdtp_stream_next_packet_desc, and its whole job is to retrieve next descriptor for amdtp packet. That’s the name, that’s the vibe, slay. ✨

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

amdtp_stream_next_packet_desc (s , desc );

literally that’s the call, periodt. 💅

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• s — the AMDTP stream 🌀
• desc — the descriptor of packet 📦

two arguments, no cap. 🫶

💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

This macro computes next descriptor so that the list of descriptors behaves circular queue. Lowkey iconic: the descriptor list keeps going around like a circular queue, and this macro is the one computing the next descriptor. Bestie, that’s the whole description — don’t overthink it. 💖

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

the kernel file is ./sound/firewire/amdtp-stream.h — and here are all the refs, every single one:

• enum cip_flags(9)
• enum cip_sfc(9)
• amdtp_stream_running(9)
• amdtp_streaming_error(9)
• amdtp_stream_pcm_running(9)
• amdtp_stream_pcm_trigger(9)
• amdtp_domain_wait_ready(9)

okay that’s the page, bestie 🫶 — source/version is ./sound/firewire, dated October 2026, and the footer name is amdtp_strea..._packet_desc(9). byeee 💅🌈