ENUM I915_GEM_ENGINE_TYPE(9)

💅 enum i915_gem_engine_type(9) 💅

okay so this is the Kernel API Manual, bestie — that's the manual name, we're in kernel-doc territory, put your seatbelt on 🎀

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✨ NAME ✨

enum i915_gem_engine_type — literally just describes the type of an i915_gem_proto_engine. that's it. that's the whole job. it's giving "small but essential," lowkey the backbone of the whole friend group 🫶

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

enum i915_gem_engine_type {
    I915_GEM_ENGINE_TYPE_INVALID ,
    I915_GEM_ENGINE_TYPE_PHYSICAL ,
    I915_GEM_ENGINE_TYPE_BALANCED ,
    I915_GEM_ENGINE_TYPE_PARALLEL

};

look at her. four members, zero nonsense. icon behavior only 👑

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🦋 Constants 🦋

okay so here's the whole cast, one by one, no skips:

• I915_GEM_ENGINE_TYPE_INVALID — an invalid engine. yep. the "nope, not valid" one. it's the vibe check that failed 💀
• I915_GEM_ENGINE_TYPE_PHYSICAL — a single physical engine. one (1) engine. just the one. unbothered, alone, thriving ✨
• I915_GEM_ENGINE_TYPE_BALANCED — a load-balanced engine set. plural! it's a set, and it balances the load, hence the name, we love a self-explanatory icon 🌈
• I915_GEM_ENGINE_TYPE_PARALLEL — a parallel engine set. also a set, but parallel. yes bestie, they're different, don't come for me 🙈

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🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

all the related structs + the kernel file, fr fr go read them:

• Kernel file ./drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_context_types.h
• struct i915_gem_engines(9)
• struct i915_gem_engines_iter(9)
• struct i915_gem_proto_engine(9)
• struct i915_gem_proto_context(9)
• struct i915_gem_context(9)

iykyk — that's the whole little family right there, go say hi 👑

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ngl this one's short and sweet, no scary caveats, no deprecated nonsense, just four constants living their truth 💖

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and that's the page, bestie 🎀 source path ./drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem, dated October 2026, from the Kernel API Manual — mwah, go touch some registers 💅💜