snd_ump_convert_to_ump(9)

💅 snd_ump_convert_to_ump(9) — the Kernel API Manual glow-up 🎀

okay so bestie, welcome to the snd_ump_convert_to_ump(9) page ✨ this is the Kernel API Manual entry and it's literally about turning one (1) legacy MIDI byte into a UMP packet. tiny function, huge main character energy 👑

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🌸 NAME 🌸

snd_ump_convert_to_ump — convert legacy MIDI byte to UMP packet 💖

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

void snd_ump_convert_to_ump (struct ump_cvt_to_ump *cvt , unsigned char
group , unsigned int protocol , unsigned char c );

that's the whole signature, no cap 🫶

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• cvt — the converter context 🎀 like, this is where all the state lives, she's the moment
• group — target UMP group ✨ the group chat the packet is being sent to, iykyk
• protocol — target UMP protocol 🔥 which protocol vibe we're converting into
• c — MIDI 1.0 byte data 💜 one single byte, living her best life

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🌈 DESCRIPTION 🌈

Feed a MIDI 1.0 byte c and convert to a UMP packet if completed 🧚 literally the whole plot. The result is stored in the buffer in cvt — so like, when the byte actually finishes the packet, that's where the finished UMP ends up sitting, all cozy 🍓

key word here is "if completed" — she doesn't just yeet a packet out on every single byte, bestie, only when the packet is done 💅

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

• Kernel file ./sound/core/ump_convert.c 📂
• snd_ump_convert_from_ump(9) 💫 (the reverse direction, we stan a symmetrical icon)

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alright that's the page!! 🫶 this came out of ./sound/core, dated October 2026, and it's all about snd_ump_convert_to_ump(9) — mwah, bye bestie 💋🌸