sdma_v5_0_start(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

✨ NAME ✨

sdma_v5_0_start — bestie, this is the one that sets up and starts the async dma engines 💅

so like, real talk, this page lives in the Kernel API Manual, and it's all about one single function. that's it. that's the whole vibe. 🦋

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

int sdma_v5_0_start (struct amdgpu_device *adev );

yep, that's the whole signature. one argument, returns an int. iconic behavior honestly 🎀

🫶 ARGUMENTS 🫶

  • adev — an amdgpu_device pointer. that's the whole thing, she just needs the device and she's off 💖

🔥 DESCRIPTION 🔥

okay so here's the tea ☕ — sdma_v5_0_start sets up the DMA engines and then enables them (this is the NAVI10 squad, iykyk).

and the return situation? it returns 0 for success, or an error for failure. no cap, that's it. not me being obsessed with a function that just... does its job 🧚

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

the kernel file where all the magic lives:

  • ./drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/sdma_v5_0.c

and bestie, the whole friend group 🫶 — every single one of these:

like, the whole squad showed up. main character energy all around 🌈

💀 reminder bestie: 0 means slay, anything else means something went wrong. don't @ me.

okay and for the lil sign-off 🎀 — this whole thing comes from ./drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu, it's dated October 2026, and it's a proud member of the Kernel API Manual family. periodt. 💜🌸

ily, go read your kernel source, mwah 🫶✨

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