gmc_v7_0_init_microcode(9)

πŸ“¦ version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

πŸ’– gmc_v7_0_init_microcode πŸ’–

okay so this is the Kernel API Manual page for gmc_v7_0_init_microcode(9), and it's literally about loading ucode images from disk. bestie, let's get into it 🫢


🌸 NAME 🌸

  • gmc_v7_0_init_microcode β€” load ucode images from disk ✨

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

int gmc_v7_0_init_microcode (struct amdgpu_device *adev );

πŸŽ€ ARGUMENTS πŸŽ€

  • adev β€” an amdgpu_device pointer. that's the whole argument, bestie πŸ’…

πŸ’… DESCRIPTION πŸ’…

so it uses the firmware interface to load the ucode images into the driver β€” and not loaded into hw, okay? like, driver gets them, hardware does not get them here 🫢

it returns 0 on success, and an error on failure. periodt. πŸ’–


πŸ¦‹ SEE ALSO πŸ¦‹


signed off from the ./drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu source for the Kernel API Manual, dated October 2026, and yes this is the gmc_v7_0_init_microcode(9) page πŸ’…βœ¨

πŸ“¦ where this page comes from