snd_hdac_stream_format_bits(9)

💅 snd_hdac_stream_format_bits(9) — like, the whole page, bestie

okay so this is from the Kernel API Manual, section 9, and the function is snd_hdac_stream_format_bits — yes it's a long name, yes it ate, no we're not abbreviating it. let's go 🎀

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✨ NAME ✨

snd_hdac_stream_format_bits — obtain bits per sample value. that's it. that's the whole job. she's a small function with main character energy 💖

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

unsigned int snd_hdac_stream_format_bits (snd_pcm_format_t format ,
       snd_pcm_subformat_t subformat , unsigned int maxbits );

literally just three args in, one unsigned int out. no cap. 🌸

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• format — the PCM format. yep, the whole format situation ✨
• subformat — the PCM subformat. the little subgenre of the format, iykyk 🦋
• maxbits — the maximum bits per sample. the ceiling, the limit, the "you shall not pass" of bit depth 💅

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👑 RETURN 👑

The number of bits per sample. that's it, that's the tea — she returns the bits-per-sample count and dips 🔥

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

okay bestie this list is long long, so buckle up, we're going through all of it because every single one deserves her moment 🫶

Kernel file ./sound/hda/core/device.c and friends:

snd_hdac_device_init(9), snd_hdac_device_exit(9), snd_hdac_device_register(9), snd_hdac_device_unregister(9), snd_hdac_device_set_chip_name(9), snd_hdac_codec_modalias(9), snd_hdac_make_cmd(9), snd_hdac_exec_verb(9), snd_hdac_read(9), _snd_hdac_read_parm(9), snd_hdac_read_parm_uncached(9), snd_hdac_override_parm(9), snd_hdac_get_sub_nodes(9), snd_hdac_refresh_widgets(9), snd_hdac_get_connections(9), snd_hdac_power_up(9), snd_hdac_power_down(9), snd_hdac_power_up_pm(9), snd_hdac_power_down_pm(9), snd_hdac_stream_format(9), snd_hdac_spdif_stream_format(9), snd_hdac_query_supported_pcm(9), snd_hdac_is_supported_format(9), snd_hdac_codec_read(9), snd_hdac_codec_write(9), snd_hdac_check_power_state(9), snd_hdac_sync_power_state(9)

ngl if you read that whole list out loud you get a prize. that's the friend group right there 🍓

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💜 the cute sign-off 💜

this page lives in ./sound/hda/core, and it's dated October 2026 — so yeah, mark your calendars, she's from the future (or the docs just got a lil timestamp moment, either way 🧚). anyway ily, go get those bits per sample ✨💅🫶