snd_ctl_find_id_mixer(9)

🌸 NAME 🌸

<pink>snd_ctl_find_id_mixer</pink> — find the control instance with the given name string ✨

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

struct snd_kcontrol * snd_ctl_find_id_mixer (struct snd_card *card ,
const char *name );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• card — the card instance, bestie 💳
• name — the name string, aka the vibe you're searching for 🔍

💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

OKAY so this function is out here finding the control instance that matches the given name and has SNDRV_CTL_ELEM_IFACE_MIXER. The other fields? Set to zero. Like, all the way zeroed out, no cap. 🫶

Lowkey important: this is merely a wrapper to snd_ctl_find_id. It's giving "I'm just the messenger" energy, and honestly? Iconic. 💅

🫶 RETURN 🫶

You get the pointer of the instance if it's found — slay 🎉 — or NULL if it's not. That's the whole return vibe, fr fr. 😭

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

• Kernel file: ./include/sound/control.h 📁
• snd_ctl_add_follower(9) 💖
• snd_ctl_add_follower_uncached(9) 💖

🌸 okay that's the page, bestie — source is ./include/sound, date is October 2026, and it's snd_ctl_find_id_mixer(9) from the Kernel API Manual. mwah 🫶💖