sdma_v6_0_gfx_resume(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 sdma_v6_0_gfx_resume(9) — like, the whole manual, bestie

okay so you opened the Kernel API Manual and landed on sdma_v6_0_gfx_resume(9)?? slay, you're in the right place. sit down, hydrate, let's get into it 🫶

✨ NAME ✨

sdma_v6_0_gfx_resume — setup and start the async dma engines 🎀

like literally, that's the whole vibe. we're setting them up and starting them. no cap.

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

int sdma_v6_0_gfx_resume (struct amdgpu_device *adev );

that's it. that's the whole function signature. she's short and she knows it 💅

🌸 ARGUMENTS 🌸

  • adev — an amdgpu_device pointer. that's the whole description, bestie, the original said so and I'm not about to invent lore. it's the amdgpu device pointer. mwah ✨

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

So what does she actually do? She sets up the gfx DMA ring buffers and enables them. iconic behavior honestly.

Return values, listen up:

  • returns 0 for success 🥳
  • returns an error for failure 😭

that's the tea. that's the whole tea.

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

okay this list is LONG and honestly it ate, so let's give it the respect it deserves. the kernel file lives at:

./drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/sdma_v6_0.c

and the whole friend group:

go read them, iykyk 👑

also the source path is ./drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu, the date on this one is October 2026, and it's page sdma_v6_0_gfx_resume(9) of the Kernel API Manual. not me saving the boring bits for last 💀

anyway that's the page!! go forth and resume those async dma engines, bestie. you're the main character of this kernel module fr fr 🧚💜✨

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