radeon_gart_table_vram_pin(9)

💅 radeon_gart_table_vram_pin — a lil' kernel API manual moment (section 9, bestie)

okay so we're literally in the Kernel API Manual rn and this page is called radeon_gart_table_vram_pin(9). yes the title is a whole mouthful, we're dealing with it. 🎀

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✨ NAME ✨

radeon_gart_table_vram_pin — pin gart page table in vram

like. it pins the gart page table. in vram. that's the whole vibe. 💖

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

int radeon_gart_table_vram_pin (struct radeon_device *rdev );

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• rdev — a radeon_device pointer, iykyk. it's the radeon device you're working with, bestie 🫶

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👑 DESCRIPTION 👑

so here's the tea ☕ — this function pins the GART page table in vram so it will not be moved by the memory manager (pcie r4xx, r5xx+). these asics require the gart table to be in video memory. no cap, that's just how they are. 💀

returns 0 for success, error for failure. simple as that, periodt. ✨

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• Kernel file ./drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_gart.c
• radeon_gart_table_ram_alloc(9)
• radeon_gart_table_ram_free(9)
• radeon_gart_table_vram_alloc(9)
• radeon_gart_table_vram_unpin(9)
• radeon_gart_table_vram_free(9)
• radeon_gart_unbind(9)
• radeon_gart_bind(9)
• radeon_gart_init(9)
• radeon_gart_fini(9)

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and that's the page!! 🧚 sending u off with the cutest lil sign-off ever: this one comes to u from ./drivers/gpu/drm/radeon, dated October 2026, and yes it's giving iconic kernel documentation energy. mwah 💜🍓