snd_rawmidi_new(9)

✨ snd_rawmidi_new — the Kernel API Manual, bestie edition ✨

okay so welcome to snd_rawmidi_new(9) from the Kernel API Manual 💖 this is the girlie who creates your rawmidi instance, and honestly? iconic behavior.

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🌸 NAME 🌸

snd_rawmidi_new — create a rawmidi instance 🎹✨

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🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

int snd_rawmidi_new (struct snd_card *card , char *id , int device , int
output_count , int input_count , struct snd_rawmidi **rrawmidi );

like, that's the whole signature, no cap 🫶

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• card — the card instance 💳
• id — the id string 🔖
• device — the device index 🔢
• output_count — the number of output streams 📤
• input_count — the number of input streams 📥
• rrawmidi — the pointer to store the new rawmidi instance 📍

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💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

so it creates a new rawmidi instance, periodt ✨ then you gotta use snd_rawmidi_set_ops to set the operators to the new instance — that's the follow-up move, fr fr 🔥

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💀 RETURN 💀

Zero if successful, or a negative error code on failure 😭 so like, 0 = slay, negative = not slay.

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

Kernel file ./sound/core/rawmidi.c, plus the whole squad 👑:

• snd_rawmidi_receive(9)
• snd_rawmidi_transmit_empty(9)
• snd_rawmidi_transmit_peek(9)
• snd_rawmidi_transmit_ack(9)
• snd_rawmidi_transmit(9)
• snd_rawmidi_proceed(9)
• snd_rawmidi_set_ops(9)

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bestie this page lives in ./sound/core and it's dated October 2026 — yes, future girlie behavior ⭐ go read the source, it's giving main character energy 💜

k that's the whole page, mwah 💋🧚‍♀️