panthor_fw_post_reset(9)

πŸ“¦ version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

πŸ’« panthor_fw_post_reset(9) πŸ’«

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual β€” this one's panthor_fw_post_reset, and yes she's a function, yes she's in the kernel, and yes she's iconic ✨


🌸 NAME 🌸

panthor_fw_post_reset β€” the one you call after a reset. that's it, that's the vibe πŸŽ€


πŸ¦‹ SYNOPSIS πŸ¦‹

int panthor_fw_post_reset (struct panthor_device *ptdev);

πŸ’œ ARGUMENTS πŸ’œ

  • ptdev β€” the device, periodt. that's the whole argument, she's low maintenance πŸ’…

πŸ”₯ DESCRIPTION πŸ”₯

so basically this kicks off the FW β€” start her up, let her glow ✨

and here's the tea: if this is not a fast reset, then every single FW section gets reloaded, fr fr β€” the whole point is making sure we can actually recover from a memory corruption 😭 like yes we're doing a full refresh, no cap, because corrupted memory is not the moment 🫢


πŸ‘‘ SEE ALSO πŸ‘‘

the kernel file she lives in is ./drivers/gpu/drm/panthor/panthor_fw.c β€” and here's the whole friend group, go say hi πŸ’–


ngl bestie, read panthor_fw_pre_reset(9) too β€” she's the before, this one's the after, they're a matching set πŸŽ€

okay and finally, the cute little sign-off: this page lives under ./drivers/gpu/drm/panthor and it's dated October 2026 β€” slay, go touch some drivers, ily πŸ’…βœ¨πŸ“

πŸ“¦ where this page comes from