snd_hdac_bu...capabilities(9)
π snd_hdac_bus_parse_capabilities β Kernel API Manual β¨
okay so bestie, we're in the Kernel API Manual today and the page header is literally snd_hdac_bu...capabilities(9) β yes it's truncated, no that's not a typo, that's just how the man page gods rendered it, and honestly? iconic of them. π
The star of the show is snd_hdac_bus_parse_capabilities, and she's here to parse the capability structure. That's it. That's the vibe. π¦
β¨ NAME β¨
snd_hdac_bus_parse_capabilities β parse capability structure
like, the whole function is right there in the name, no cap π
πΈ SYNOPSIS πΈ
int snd_hdac_bus_parse_capabilities (struct hdac_bus *bus );
copy it exactly, don't @ me π«Ά
π ARGUMENTS π
busβ the pointer to bus object. that's the one and only thing you hand her. just the pointer. she'll take it from there β¨
π DESCRIPTION π
Returns 0 if successful, or a negative error code.
periodt. that's the whole description. zero means slay, negative means something went sideways and you should go check it ππ₯
ngl this is a short page. not every function gets a whole novel β some just show up, do their little capability-parse, and leave. main character energy honestly π
π¦ SEE ALSO π¦
Kernel file ./sound/hda/core/controller.c β that's where she lives bestie, that's her address π
and the whole friend group, all in (9) form:
snd_hdac_bus_init_cmd_io(9)snd_hdac_bus_stop_cmd_io(9)snd_hdac_bus_send_cmd_pio(9)snd_hdac_bus_get_response_pio(9)snd_hdac_bus_send_cmd_corb(9)snd_hdac_bus_update_rirb(9)snd_hdac_bus_get_response_rirb(9)snd_hdac_bus_send_cmd(9)snd_hdac_bus_get_response(9)snd_hdac_bus_enter_link_reset(9)snd_hdac_bus_exit_link_reset(9)snd_hdac_bus_init_chip(9)snd_hdac_bus_stop_chip(9)snd_hdac_bus_handle_stream_irq(9)snd_hdac_bus_alloc_stream_pages(9)snd_hdac_bus_free_stream_pages(9)snd_hdac_bus_link_power(9)
seventeen siblings, all lowercase, all ending in (9), all living their best life in the same section. iykyk π
and that's the page, bestie πΈβ¨
this gem came out of ./sound/hda/core, dated October 2026, and it lives at snd_hdac_bu...capabilities(9) if you ever need to find her again. mwah ππ«Ά go parse some capabilities, you've got this π
π¦ where this page comes from
- nixpkgs unstable: linux-manual 7.3.1
- π girlified by deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-1017 on : a language model's rewrite of the original, under its terms