bam_reset_channel(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 bam_reset_channel — section 9, Kernel API Manual, bestie edition

Okay so picture this: you're deep in the Qualcomm BAM DMA driver, ./drivers/dma/qcom/bam_dma.c, and one specific channel is acting up. Not the whole controller — just one channel. Main character problem, honestly. That's literally what this function is for. 🎀

✨ NAME ✨

bam_reset_channel — reset individual BAM DMA channel

Yes bestie, individual. Not all of them. We're being surgical here. 💅

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

void bam_reset_channel (struct bam_chan *bchan );

That's it. That's the whole vibe. Returns void, so no exit status to worry about — she just does the thing and leaves. 👑

🌸 ARGUMENTS 🌸

  • bchan — bam channel

That's the whole cast list, ngl. One pointer, one job. It's giving minimalism. ✨

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

This function resets a specific BAM channel.

I know, I know — short and sweet. But fr fr, that's the entire bit: you hand her a struct bam_chan *, she resets that channel. Not the neighbours, not the controller, just the one you pointed at. Lowkey iconic that a function can be this focused. 🫶

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

The kernel file is ./drivers/dma/qcom/bam_dma.c, and here's the whole friend group — go say hi:

Like, the entire group chat is in here. If bam_reset_channel is your fave, chances are bam_pause(9) and bam_resume(9) are right there in the same thread. 🧚

🌈 Pro tip from me to you: bam_reset(9) is the controller-level reset, and bam_reset_channel(9) is the one-channel-level reset. Don't mix them up, bestie — different levels, different energy. 💀

That's the whole page, mwah 💋 — source path ./drivers/dma/qcom, dated October 2026, footer faithfully preserved because I would never skip a detail. Periodt. 🎀✨

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