snd_ac97_get_short_name(9)

💖 snd_ac97_get_short_name(9) 💖

okay bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual page for snd_ac97_get_short_name(9) — yes, the function name is the moment, and we are obsessed. This one is short and sweet: it retrieves a codec name. No cap, that’s the vibe. 🎀

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✨ NAME ✨

snd_ac97_get_short_name — retrieve codec name 🌸

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

const char * snd_ac97_get_short_name (struct snd_ac97 *ac97 );

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💅 ARGUMENTS 💅

• ac97 — the codec instance. That’s the one and only thing you pass in, bestie. 💖

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⭐ RETURN ⭐

The short identifying name of the codec. That’s literally the whole return vibe: short, identifying, name, codec. Slay. 👑

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

Kernel file: ./sound/pci/ac97/ac97_codec.c — that’s the file this page points you to, iykyk. 🫶

The whole function squad is here too:

• snd_ac97_write(9)
• snd_ac97_read(9)
• snd_ac97_write_cache(9)
• snd_ac97_update(9)
• snd_ac97_update_bits(9)
• snd_ac97_bus(9)
• snd_ac97_mixer(9)
• snd_ac97_update_power(9)
• snd_ac97_suspend(9)
• snd_ac97_resume(9)
• snd_ac97_tune_hardware(9)

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big kiss from the ./sound/pci/ac97 corner of the kernel, under the Kernel API Manual banner, dated October 2026 — mwah 💖✨