gmc_v7_0_gart_enable(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💖 gmc_v7_0_gart_enable(9) 💖

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual ✨ — this one's called gmc_v7_0_gart_enable, and no cap, it's lowkey the moment the GART wakes up and gets its life together. 🫶

🌸 NAME 🌸

gmc_v7_0_gart_enable — gart enable, periodt. that's the whole vibe. 💅

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

int gmc_v7_0_gart_enable (struct amdgpu_device *adev );

like, that's it. one function, one arg, one iconic signature. 🎀

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

  • adev — an amdgpu_device pointer. that's your main character right there, the whole device crowned and ready. 👑

🔥 DESCRIPTION 🔥

okay so here's what she actually does, and it is a lot, ngl:

  • sets up the TLBs (yes ma'am, the translation lookaside buffers)
  • programs the page tables for VMID0
  • sets up the hardware for VMIDs 1-15, which are allocated on demand — they don't all show up at once, they get invited as needed 💅
  • sets up the global locations for the LDS, the GDS, and the GPUVM for FSA64 clients (CIK)

and then, the vibe check: she returns 0 for success, and errors for failure. simple as that, fr fr. 🌈

🐚 SEE ALSO 🐚

the kernel file, right here, exactly this path, no edits:

  • ./drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/gmc_v7_0.c

and the whole friend group, all of them, in this order, because we don't skip people:

💀 real talk: check the SEE ALSO fam before you go poking at this one — they're all up in the same corner of the driver and they will know each other. iykyk.

and that's the page, bestie! 🎀 sign-off time: this lil gem lives in ./drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu, dated October 2026, and it's filed under gmc_v7_0_gart_enable(9). mwah. 💋✨🦋

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