bam_chan_init_hw(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

✨ bam_chan_init_hw — Kernel API Manual ✨

okay bestie, so you know how the kernel has a whole pile of manual pages and some of them are literally just "here's a function, here's what it does"? This is one of those, and it lives in the bam_chan_init_hw(9) section of the kernel docs. Very demure, very mindful. Let's get into it 💅

🎀 NAME 🎀

bam_chan_init_hw — the one that initializes channel hardware. That's it, that's the vibe. ✨

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

void bam_chan_init_hw (struct bam_chan *bchan , enum
       dma_transfer_direction dir );

literally just two args, no cap. look at her go 🫶

🌸 ARGUMENTS 🌸

  • bchan — your bam channel, the main character of this whole operation 💖
  • dir — the DMA transfer direction, i.e. which way the data is going, bestie 🌈

👑 DESCRIPTION 👑

so what does she do? It resets and initializes the BAM channel. That's the whole thing. reset first, then init — she's thorough like that. periodt. 🔥

ngl it's a short one, but every good glow-up starts with a reset, right? 💅

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

Kernel file ./drivers/dma/qcom/bam_dma.c — go read it, iykyk 👀 — plus these icons:

and that's the page, bestie 🧚 this little cutie comes from ./drivers/dma/qcom and it's dated October 2026 — so yeah, mark your calendar and stan responsibly 🎀💜🌸

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