params_subformat(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 params_subformat(9) — a Kernel API Manual moment

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual, and today's main character is params_subformat. she's a tiny little getter and she ate, no cap. 🎀

✨ NAME ✨

params_subformat — get the sample subformat from the hw params 🌸

like, that's literally her whole job and she does it flawlessly.

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

snd_pcm_subformat_t params_subformat (const struct snd_pcm_hw_params *p);

there she is 💖 one function, one argument, zero drama.

💅 ARGUMENTS 💅

  • p — hw params 🫶 that's the hardware params struct you're passing in, and yes she wants it const bestie, she's not gonna touch it, she's just looking 👀

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

okay so the kernel file lives at ./include/sound/pcm_params.h and honestly the whole friend group is iconic, go say hi to:

they're all in the same squad, iykyk 🌈

ngl bestie, if you're digging through pcm_params.h at 2am, drink some water and remember: const struct snd_pcm_hw_params *p is your friend 💜

and that's the whole page!! shipped from ./include/sound, dated October 2026, and honestly? she's giving kernel header realness 👑✨ periodt 💀💖

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