ethosu_gem_cmdstream_create(9)

💖 ethosu_gem_cmdstream_create — the Kernel API Manual page, but make it make sense 💖

okay so bestie, welcome to the ethosu_gem_cmdstream_create(9) page from the kernel API manual ✨ this one's short and sweet — she creates a GEM object and then attaches it to a handle, which is giving "make the thing, then give it a name" energy 🎀 no cap, that's the whole arc.

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🌸 NAME 🌸

ethosu_gem_cmdstream_create — literally: create a GEM object and attach it to a handle 💅 that's the assignment and she ate.

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

int ethosu_gem_cmdstream_create (struct drm_file *file , struct drm_device *ddev , u32 size , u64 data , u32 flags , u32 *handle );

like, six arguments, returns an int, classic kernel function silhouette 😌 we love a consistent signature 🫶

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✨ ARGUMENTS ✨

okay so let's go through the friend group one by one:

• file — the DRM file 💖 your ticket to the party.
• ddev — the DRM device 🖥️ the actual hardware vibe.
• size — size of the GEM object to allocate 🎀 how much room we're booking, bestie.
• data — -- undescribed -- 🙈 yeah, the docs just... didn't. she's a mystery. iconic of the docs to leave us guessing, but that's literally what the original says so I'm not gonna invent lore 💀.
• flags — a combination of drm_ethosu_bo_flags flags ⭐ mix and match like it's a sticker sheet.
• handle — pointer holding the handle that points to the new GEM object 👑 so it's a pointer to the handle — the handle is the output, the pointer is where it lands.

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🔥 RETURN 🔥

Zero on success ✨ that's it, that's the contract. zero = slay, anything else = check yourself 🌈

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🌟 SEE ALSO 🌟

go read these next, bestie, iykyk:

• Kernel file ./drivers/accel/ethosu/ethosu_gem.c 📁
• ethosu_gem_create_object(9)
• ethosu_gem_create_with_handle(9)

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that's the page!! 💜 this little gem lives over in ./drivers/accel/ethosu, stamped October 2026, and it's brought to you by ethosu_gem_cmdstream_create(9) — mwah 💋 go create some objects, bestie, you've got this 🧚‍♀️🍓