snd_hda_find_mixer_ctl(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💖 snd_hda_find_mixer_ctl(9) — the kernel API manual, bestie edition 💖

okay so this is a page from the Kernel API Manual (snd_hda_find_mixer_ctl(9)), and it's literally about finding a mixer control element by name. short and sweet, we love a low-effort slay ✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

snd_hda_find_mixer_ctl — find a mixer control element with the given name 💅

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

struct snd_kcontrol * snd_hda_find_mixer_ctl (struct hda_codec *codec ,
const char *name );

so it hands you back a struct snd_kcontrol *, and it takes a codec and a name, periodt. 🫶

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

  • codec — the HD-audio codec. that's the whole vibe check right there, it's the thing you're searching inside 🌈
  • name — the ctl id name string. like, the actual name you're hunting for, no cap 🔍

⭐ DESCRIPTION ⭐

okay so the way this works: you pass in the id string, and it gets you the control element that matches it — and it's got IFACE_MIXER. so it's giving "find me the mixer control with this exact name" and that's it, that's the whole function 🎧✨

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

the kernel file lives at ./sound/hda/common/codec.c, and here's the whole friend group of related functions — yes, all of them, i'm not skipping a single one, we don't do that here 💀👑

like i said. every. single. one. 💜

this page is sourced from ./sound/hda/common — that's the directory it calls home 🏡

and that's the whole page bestie, go find your mixer ctl, you got this 🧚💖

— xoxo, the kernel API manual, October 2026 edition, snd_hda_find_mixer_ctl(9), signing off 🎀💅

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