hl_ack_pb(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 hl_ack_pb(9) — Kernel API Manual, bestie edition 🎀

okay so this is hl_ack_pb from the kernel API manual, and it's literally the function that acks the pb in HW according to whatever configuration you hand it. no cap, that's the whole vibe. 🦋

✨ NAME ✨

hl_ack_pb — ack pb in HW according to given configuration

like... it acknowledges the pb. in the hardware. following the config you gave it. that's her whole job and she ate 💅

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

void hl_ack_pb (struct hl_device *hdev , u32 num_dcores , u32
dcore_offset , u32 num_instances , u32 instance_offset , const u32
pb_blocks[] , u32 blocks_array_size );

returns void btw — she gives you nothing back, she just does the thing. main character energy fr fr 👑

💖 ARGUMENTS 💖

  • hdev — pointer to the hl_device structure. your device bestie 🫶
  • num_dcores — number of decores to apply configuration to. set to HL_PB_SHARED if you need it applied only once 🎀
  • dcore_offset — the offset between dcores 🦋
  • num_instances — number of instances to apply the configuration to ✨
  • instance_offset — the offset between instances 🌸
  • pb_blocks — the blocks array 📚
  • blocks_array_size — the size of that blocks array 🔥

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

the kernel file for this one lives at ./drivers/accel/habanalabs/common/security.c — go read it, iykyk 💜

and the whole friend group:

okay that's the whole page, mwah 💋 this one came from ./drivers/accel/habanalabs/common, dated October 2026, and it's hl_ack_pb(9) signing off — slay, study it, and go ack some pbs responsibly, bestie 🌈⭐💀

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