snd_hda_get_int_hint(9)

🌸 NAME 🌸

snd_hda_get_int_hint — bestie, this is the one that grabs you an integer hint value 💅

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

int snd_hda_get_int_hint (struct hda_codec *codec , const char *key ,
       int *valp );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• codec — the HDA codec. yep, that one 👑
• key — the hint key string, aka the lil name you're searching for 🔍
• valp — pointer to store a value 🫶 that's where the int ends up living

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

okay so picture this: it goes looking for a hint key/value pair that matches the key string you handed it, and when it finds its match it stores the integer value into valp. slay. 🌟

but if there's no matching key? it does not manifest one out of thin air, ngl — it returns a negative error code instead 😭. otherwise (aka the happy path, the main character path) it returns zero ✨

fr fr: no match = negative error code, match = zero. that's the whole vibe check 💀

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

• Kernel file ./sound/hda/common/sysfs.c — go read it, iykyk 📖
• snd_hda_get_hint(9)
• snd_hda_get_bool_hint(9)
• snd_hda_load_patch(9)

and that's the whole page, bestie 🫶 this came from ./sound/hda/common, dated October 2026, and it's literally snd_hda_get_int_hint(9) from the Kernel API Manual — iconic, no cap 💜🎀