snd_hda_gen_build_controls(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 snd_hda_gen_build_controls — the Kernel API Manual page, bestie edition

okay so real quick: this is snd_hda_gen_build_controls(9), straight out of the Kernel API Manual, and it's genuinely one of the most "trust the process" little functions ever. let's get into it ✨

✨ NAME ✨

snd_hda_gen_build_controls — build controls from the parsed results 💖

like, you already did the parsing, bestie. this is the part where you actually make the controls. ate and left no crumbs.

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

int snd_hda_gen_build_controls (struct hda_codec *codec );

it's giving "one argument, one job, no drama." 👑

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

  • codec — the HDA codec 🦋 (yes that's it. that's the whole argument. she's low maintenance.)

💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

Pass this to build_controls in hda_codec_ops. that's the vibe. that's literally the whole thing.

no cap, this is a callback assignment situation — you hand this function over to the build_controls slot of hda_codec_ops and let it do its thing. parsed results in, controls out. iconic behavior honestly 🫶

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

Kernel file ./sound/hda/codecs/generic.c (that's her home address 🏠), and a whole group chat of related functions:

ngl the friend group here is huge but every single one of them is doing their own little job and we respect it 💜

and that's the page!! mwah 💋 this one lives in ./sound/hda/codecs and it's dated October 2026 — so like, mark your calendars bestie, see u then 🌈⭐🎀

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