ivpu_boot(9)

💖 ivpu_boot (9) — the Kernel API Manual, bestie edition 🎀

okay so before we even start: this page lives in the Kernel API Manual, section 9. that's the whole vibe. now let's get into it ✨

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🌸 NAME 🌸

ivpu_boot — start that VPU firmware, periodt 🔥

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

int ivpu_boot (struct ivpu_device *vdev );

literally one function, one argument, returns an int. clean. iconic. 💅

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• vdev — the VPU device, aka the whole entire point of this function 🫶

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✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

okay so here's the tea ☕ — ivpu_boot is paired with ivpu_shutdown. they're a matching set, a duo, main character energy together 💜

but (and this is the important part, ngl) it does not power up the VPU. nope. not it. because power up has to be called very early in ivpu_probe. like, early early. so that whole job lives over there, not here 🙈

so don't come at ivpu_boot expecting it to do the power thing, bestie — that's not its moment, and it knows it 💀

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⭐ SEE ALSO ⭐

• Kernel file ./drivers/accel/ivpu/ivpu_drv.c — go read it, iykyk 👑

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and that's the page!! 🎉 no cap, you're basically an ivpu expert now 🧚‍♀️🌸

sign-off time: this lil page comes from ./drivers/accel/ivpu, dated October 2026, and it's all about ivpu_boot(9). mwah 💋 see you in the source 🦋💖