scp_get_vdec_hw_capa(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 scp_get_vdec_hw_capa(9) 💅

okay bestie, welcome to the kernel API manual ✨ this one's a little cutie from the mediaTek SCP world. the function is scp_get_vdec_hw_capa, and no cap, the name literally tells you everything: it grabs the video decoder hardware capability. that's it, that's the whole vibe 🎀

🌸 NAME 🌸

scp_get_vdec_hw_capa — get video decoder hardware capability

like. she's a getter. she gets. the capability. of the video decoder hardware. iconic behavior honestly 🫶

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

unsigned int scp_get_vdec_hw_capa (struct mtk_scp *scp );

one function, one argument, returns an unsigned int. chef's kiss, no notes 💅

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

  • scp — the mtk_scp structure. that's your entry ticket, bestie, you gotta hand her one of those or she's got nothing to work with 🙈

💖 RETURN 💖

she returns the video decoder hardware capability. that's the whole answer — no error codes to stress about, just the capa, served fresh 🔥

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

if you're obsessed with this one (and why wouldn't you be), go read her whole friend group. they all live in the kernel file ./drivers/remoteproc/mtk_scp.c, and honestly the way they all reference each other is giving main character energy:

ngl, scp_get_venc_hw_capa(9) is literally her sibling — encoder capa vs decoder capa, a whole duo. yin and yang. ✨

and that's the page, bestie!! mwah 💋

this little masterpiece comes from the source path ./drivers/remoteproc, and it's stamped October 2026 — so yes, she's from the future, we love a time traveler 🕰️🌈

stay slay, read your manpages, and may your hardware always report its capabilities correctly 💜🧚‍♀️

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