cik_get_num...ram_channels(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

🦋 cik_get_num...ram_channels(9) 🦋

okay so this is a page from the Kernel API Manual (yes, that's the manual name, we're being fancy today 💅) and it's about one very specific little function. Let's get into it.

✨ NAME ✨

cik_get_number_of_dram_channels — literally just get the number of dram channels 💖

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

u32 cik_get_number_of_dram_channels (struct radeon_device *rdev );

bestie it takes exactly one thing and returns a u32, that's it, that's the whole vibe 🎀

🧚 ARGUMENTS 🧚

  • rdev — a radeon_device pointer. that's it. that's the whole argument. she's low maintenance 👑

💜 DESCRIPTION 💜

So what does she do? She looks up the number of video ram channels for (CIK). no cap. 🫶

And why do we even care? Because it's used for display watermark bandwidth calculations. iykyk. 🔥

And then — the main character moment — she Returns the number of dram channels. periodt. 💅✨

fr fr that's the entire description, she's a small function with a big job and i respect that 😭

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

okay this is the part where the page goes absolutely feral and lists like every single sibling function in the family. buckle up bestie, we're doing all of them 💀

Kernel file:

  • ./drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/cik.c

the whole extended fam (all (9) sections):

like i said. the whole fam. every last one. and we love them all equally 🥰💖

lowkey iconic that a function this small has this many friends. main character energy by association honestly 👑✨

and that's the page!! brought to you by ./drivers/gpu/drm/radeon, dated October 2026 🎀 slay, go read your dram channels bestie 💜🦋🌸

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