radeon_fenc...er_init_ring(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 radeon_fence_driver_init_ring(9) ✨

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual 🎀 this one's a lil kernel helper for the radeon DRM driver and honestly it's giving "unsung hero" energy — like it's not the main character, but nothing works without it, yk? 💖

🌸 NAME 🌸

radeon_fence_driver_init_ring — init the fence driver for the requested ring. that's it, that's the whole vibe 🦋

⭐ SYNOPSIS ⭐

void radeon_fence_driver_init_ring (struct radeon_device *rdev , int ring );

no return value, she just does the thing and dips 💅

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

  • rdev — the radeon device pointer, aka the whole entire graphics device we're talking about here 👑
  • ring — the ring index you want the fence driver started up on. gotta tell her which ring, she's not a mind reader 🙈

💜 DESCRIPTION 💜

so what she does is: init the fence driver for the requested ring, and this works on all asics — no cap, every single one, she's not picky ✨

also worth knowing: this is a helper function for radeon_fence_driver_init. so like, she's not out here doing the whole job solo — she's the bestie that radeon_fence_driver_init calls when it needs one specific ring set up. team player energy fr fr 🫶

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

the kernel file lives here, iconic location honestly:

./drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_fence.c

and here's the whole friend group, all of them, no gatekeeping 💖:

ngl bestie, if you're poking around in here you're deep in DRM internals — read the neighbors above before you touch anything, k? 💀

okay that's the page!! mwah 💋 this one came from ./drivers/gpu/drm/radeon, dated October 2026, and the header was serving radeon_fenc...er_init_ring(9) (yes the title got truncated in the middle, that's just how it's printed, not a typo, don't come for her 🌈). now go init those rings, you absolute icon ⭐👑

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