snd_usb_offload_create_ctl(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

okay bestie, this is snd_usb_offload_create_ctl(9) from the Kernel API Manual — yes, it’s giving very specific kernel-helper main character energy 💅✨

🎀 NAME 🎀

snd_usb_offload_create_ctl — Add USB offload bounded mixer 💖

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

int snd_usb_offload_create_ctl (struct snd_usb_audio *chip , struct device *bedev );

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

  • chip — USB SND chip device. That’s the chip device in question, bestie 🫶
  • bedev — Reference to USB backend DAI device. Literally a reference to the USB backend DAI device ✨

👑 DESCRIPTION 👑

okay so this function creates a sound control for a USB audio device. Why? So applications can query for if there is an available USB audio offload path, and which card is managing it. That’s the whole point, no cap 👑

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

  • Kernel file ./sound/usb/qcom/mixer_usb_offload.c — go read it, iykyk 🌈

k that’s the page! the source/version line is ./sound/usb/qcom, and the date is October 2026 — mwah, bye bestie 🫶💖🌷

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