radeon_driver_load_kms(9)

💖 NAME 💖

radeon_driver_load_kms — the main load function for KMS, bestie ✨

okay so real talk, this page lives in the Kernel API Manual, and it's all about radeon_driver_load_kms(9) — the main-character load function for KMS 👑

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🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

int radeon_driver_load_kms (struct drm_device *dev , unsigned long flags
       );

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• dev — the drm dev pointer, literally 🫶
• flags — device flags, periodt 💅

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🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

okay so this is THE main load function for KMS — and yes, it's for all asics, no cap 💯

It calls radeon_device_init to set up the non-display parts of the chip — asic init, CP, writeback, etc. — and then it calls radeon_modeset_init to set up the display parts — crtcs, encoders, hotplug detect, etc. 🎀

It returns 0 on success, and an error on failure. that's the vibe check: zero means slay, error means 😭

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🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

Kernel file: ./drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_kms.c — go read it, iykyk 📖✨

• radeon_driver_unload_kms(9)
• radeon_set_filp_rights(9)
• radeon_info_ioctl(9)
• radeon_driver_open_kms(9)
• radeon_driver_postclose_kms(9)
• radeon_get_vblank_counter_kms(9)
• radeon_enable_vblank_kms(9)
• radeon_disable_vblank_kms(9)

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and that's the whole page, bestie 🫶 this icon lives in ./drivers/gpu/drm/radeon, it's dated October 2026, and the page itself is radeon_driver_load_kms(9) — slay 💅✨🎀