params_format(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

✨ params_format 💅

okay so bestie, welcome to params_format(9) from the Kernel API Manual — yes it's a section 9 kernel page, yes we're gonna read it together, and yes it's gonna be adorable and also completely accurate 🎀

🌸 NAME 🌸

params_format — get the sample format from the hw params

like, you hand it your hardware params and it tells you what the sample format is. that's the whole vibe. iconic, lowkey 🦋

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

snd_pcm_format_t params_format (const struct snd_pcm_hw_params *p );

one function, one argument, one return type. clean, minimal, ate 💅

🫶 ARGUMENTS 🫶

  • p — hw params

that's it. that's the whole argument list. it's the hw params, babe. the hardware params. the const struct snd_pcm_hw_params * of it all 😭

fr fr keep the const — it's not out here mutating your params, it's just reading them. respectful king behavior 👑

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

okay so there's a kernel file you should know about — it lives at ./include/sound/pcm_params.h — and it's giving source of truth. also these sibling pages, all section 9, all besties:

go read them, they're all part of the same little friend group 🌈✨

🎀 cute sign-off 🎀

that's the page!! sourced from ./include/sound, dated October 2026, and honestly? she understood the assignment. mwah 💖 🧚‍♀️ 🍓

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