drm_eld_get_spk_alloc(9)

💖 drm_eld_get_spk_alloc(9) 💖

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual — this one's about drm_eld_get_spk_alloc, and yes it's a little function but it's lowkey iconic. let's get into it ✨

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🎀 NAME 🎀

drm_eld_get_spk_alloc — literally just: get the speaker allocation. that's the whole vibe. 🫶

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

u8 drm_eld_get_spk_alloc (const u8 *eld );

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• eld — pointer to an ELD memory structure. that's it, that's the argument. she takes one (1) pointer and she's done 💅

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🌈 DESCRIPTION 🌈

so what you get back is the speakers mask. that's the returned value, no cap.

but here's the thing — you can't just vibe-check that mask on your own. the user has to use the DRM_ELD_SPEAKER field definitions to actually identify which speakers are which. like, the mask is giving "which speakers" in code, and the DRM_ELD_SPEAKER definitions are the decoder ring. iykyk 🔥

so: returned value = speakers mask. identify speakers = use DRM_ELD_SPEAKER field definitions. periodt. 👑

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⭐ SEE ALSO ⭐

the whole squad, fr fr:

• Kernel file ./include/drm/drm_eld.h
• drm_eld_mnl(9)
• drm_eld_sad(9)
• drm_eld_sad_count(9)
• drm_eld_calc_baseline_block_size(9)
• drm_eld_size(9)
• drm_eld_get_conn_type(9)

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ok that's the whole page babes, go read your ELD structs responsibly 🍓

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and that's a wrap! 🧚 mwah 💜 this little page lives in ./include/drm and the version date on it is October 2026, and yeah — it's drm_eld_get_spk_alloc(9) all the way down. slay. 💅✨