sdw_enable_stream(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 sdw_enable_stream — bestie's guide to the kernel API manual

okay so this page is called sdw_enable_stream(9) and it lives in the Kernel API Manual, which is honestly iconic of it. it's giving "small function, big responsibilities." let's get into it ✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

sdw_enable_stream — Enable SoundWire stream 🎀

like, that's it. that's the whole job. enable the stream. slay.

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

int sdw_enable_stream (struct sdw_stream_runtime *stream );

return type is int, bestie — so yeah, it comes back with a value, it's not one of those void girlies. 💅

✨ ARGUMENTS ✨

  • stream — the Soundwire stream. yes, that's the entire description. it's giving "the prop is literally named stream, what more do you want from me." 🫶

🔥 DESCRIPTION 🔥

so the page says, and i quote: Documentation/driver-api/soundwire/stream.rst explains this API in detail.

that's it. that's the description. it's a "go read the real docs" moment, and honestly? respect. the lore is in Documentation/driver-api/soundwire/stream.rst, so if you want the full tea, that's where you go. 📖✨

no cap, if you're here for deep behavioural detail, this manpage is a forwarding address, not the destination. the .rst file is the main character here. 👑

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

the crossover episode is long, and we're not cutting a single cast member. the kernel file to know is ./drivers/soundwire/stream.c, and then all of these besties show up too:

that's the whole group chat, fr fr — alloc, prepare, enable, disable, deprepare, release, plus all the master/slave/port/param/lock girlies. every single one accounted for. 💖

aaaand that's the page!! 🌈 source location is ./drivers/soundwire, dated October 2026 — mwah, tysm for reading, ily, go read the .rst 🧚‍♀️💜🎀

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