snd_iprintf(9)
π snd_iprintf(9) β like, the printf girlie of the kernel API manual, bestie β¨
okay so welcome to the Kernel API Manual page for snd_iprintf, and ngl this one is short but it absolutely ate π stay a sec, it's worth it.
πΈ NAME πΈ
snd_iprintf β literally just printf, but on the procfs buffer π that's it, that's the whole vibe.
β¨ SYNOPSIS β¨
snd_iprintf (buf , fmt , args... );
that's the whole call, bestie. no cap, it's giving "small but mighty" π¦
π«Ά ARGUMENTS π«Ά
bufβ the procfs buffer π« like, the actual place your string is gonna live.fmtβ the printf format π you know the drill, the%-y template situation.argsβ variable arguments π the variable args, the little extras that get slotted into your format. iykyk.
π DESCRIPTION π
so what it does: it outputs the string on the procfs buffer just like printf π that's the entire description, and honestly? iconic. short, sweet, no notes.
like think of printf β the way that it formats stuff and spits it out β except the destination here is the procfs buffer, not your terminal. slay π
β RETURN β
- zero for success π₯³
- or a negative error code if it didn't go off π
fr fr, zero = good, negative = check yourself.
π¦ SEE ALSO π¦
- Kernel file
./include/sound/info.hπ snd_card_ro_proc_new(9)β¨ go read that one next, bestie
okay precious, that's the whole page π no drama, no hidden gotchas, just a tidy little printf-in-procfs moment.
mwah π this page comes to you from ./include/sound, dated October 2026 β and hey, you made it to the end, so you're officially the main character of this manpage ππ
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