intel_guc_ads_create(9)

πŸ“¦ version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

πŸ’– intel_guc_ads_create(9) πŸ’–

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual β€” this lil page is intel_guc_ads_create(9) and it's genuinely so useful, stay with me 🫢


✨ NAME ✨

intel_guc_ads_create β€” allocates and initializes GuC ADS, periodt πŸ’…


🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

int intel_guc_ads_create (struct intel_guc *guc );

like, that's the whole signature, iconic honestly ⭐


πŸŽ€ ARGUMENTS πŸŽ€

  • guc β€” the intel_guc struct πŸ¦‹ yes that's it, that's the argument, she's simple and she knows it

πŸ’œ DESCRIPTION πŸ’œ

okay so here's the tea β˜• β€” GuC needs a memory block (the Additional Data Struct, aka ADS, iykyk) and that's where it's gonna store some data πŸ“¦

so this function's whole job is to allocate and initialize such a memory block for GuC to use 🌈 no cap, that's literally it β€” allocate it, initialize it, hand it over, main character energy πŸ‘‘


πŸ”₯ SEE ALSO πŸ”₯

  • Kernel file ./drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/uc/intel_guc_ads.c πŸ“
  • intel_guc_ads_reset(9) β€” the reset bestie, go say hi πŸ’–

ngl this one's short and sweet but she ate πŸ’… every detail preserved, no cap 🧚

mwah πŸ’‹ this page lives in ./drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/uc, dated October 2026, and it's the intel_guc_ads_create(9) page from the Kernel API Manual β€” ty for coming to my ted talk, ily, bye πŸ‘‹βœ¨

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