snd_hdac_bus_link_power(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual ✨ this is the page for snd_hdac_bus_link_power and it's genuinely so simple you're gonna slay it.

🌸 NAME 🌸

snd_hdac_bus_link_power — power up/down codec link 🫶

Like, that's it. That's the whole vibe. You're turning the codec link on or off. Iconic behavior honestly.

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

void snd_hdac_bus_link_power (struct hdac_device *codec , bool enable );

no cap, that's the entire signature — copy it exactly, don't be cute with the spacing 💀

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

  • codec — the HD-audio device 👑 this is the thing you're messing with, it's a struct hdac_device *
  • enable — a bool telling it whether to power-up the link ✨ (true = wakey wakey, false = nap time 😴)

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

okay this is the part where the manpage just dumps the whole friend group on you, and honestly? main character energy. all of these live in the kernel file ./sound/hda/core/controller.c, and they're all (9) pages so you know they're the real ones:

literally the whole squad 🫶 go read them, iykyk 💖

ngl if you're poking at the codec link power, you probably also wanna know about entering/exiting link reset — that's snd_hdac_bus_enter_link_reset(9) and snd_hdac_bus_exit_link_reset(9) up there 👀

and that's the page!! 🌈 this absolute gem lives in ./sound/hda/core and the manual is dated October 2026 🎀 go forth and power those links, bestie, you ate 💅✨

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