amdtp_stream_stop(9)

amdtp_stream_stop(9) 💅✨

okay so this is a page from the Kernel API Manual, and it's lowkey iconic: amdtp_stream_stop is the function that stops sending packets. no cap, that's the whole main character energy right there 🎀

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✨ NAME ✨

amdtp_stream_stop — stop sending packets 🦋

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

it's literally giving:

void amdtp_stream_stop (struct amdtp_stream *s );

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✨ ARGUMENTS ✨

• s — the AMDTP stream to stop. that's it, that's the bestie 🫶

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✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

All PCM and MIDI devices of the stream must be stopped before the stream itself can be stopped.

bestie, this is a hard requirement, not a vibe suggestion 😭💀 like, stop the PCM and MIDI devices first, then the stream. periodt.

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✨ SEE ALSO ✨

Kernel file ./sound/firewire/amdtp-stream.c — and the whole function friend group:

• amdtp_stream_init(9)
• amdtp_stream_destroy(9)
• amdtp_stream_add_pcm_hw_constraints(9)
• amdtp_stream_set_parameters(9)
• amdtp_stream_get_max_payload(9)
• amdtp_stream_pcm_prepare(9)
• amdtp_stream_start(9)
• amdtp_domain_stream_pcm_pointer(9)
• amdtp_domain_stream_pcm_ack(9)
• amdtp_stream_update(9)
• amdtp_stream_pcm_abort(9)
• amdtp_domain_init(9)
• amdtp_domain_destroy(9)
• amdtp_domain_add_stream(9)
• amdtp_domain_start(9)
• amdtp_domain_stop(9)

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source/version: ./sound/firewire, date: October 2026 — that's the cute little footer moment, mwah 💖🌟 go forth and stop those packets, bestie 💅