tvout_hda_start(9)

💖 tvout_hda_start(9) 💖

okay so this is a Kernel API Manual page, and we're about to get into tvout_hda_start — yes it's a real one, yes it's giving "tiny function, huge responsibility" 💅 stick with me bestie, it's short and sweet.

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✨ NAME ✨

tvout_hda_start — Start HDF VIP and HD DAC 🎬 like, literally the starting gun for those two blocks, no cap.

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

void tvout_hda_start (struct sti_tvout *tvout , bool main_path );

returns nothing (void, she's a doer not a talker 💁‍♀️), takes exactly two things, and it's up to you to hand them over correctly — the way that signature is just sitting there being all calm about it 😭

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• tvout — pointer on tvout structure 🫶 yes babe, a pointer, so it better be a real one and not some little NULL situation. It's your struct sti_tvout * and it's the main character of this whole call ✨
• main_path — true if main path has to be used in the vip configuration, else aux path is used 🔀 so like, true = main path, anything else = aux path, that's the whole vibe check. pick your lane, bestie 💫

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

• Kernel file ./drivers/gpu/drm/sti/sti_tvout.c — the source, go read it, it's right there 🍓
• tvout_vip_set_color_order(9)
• tvout_vip_set_clip_mode(9)
• tvout_vip_set_rnd(9)
• tvout_vip_set_sel_input(9)
• tvout_vip_set_in_vid_fmt(9)
• tvout_preformatter_set_matrix(9)
• tvout_dvo_start(9)
• tvout_hdmi_start(9)

like the whole friend group fr fr, they all show up together 🌈👯‍♀️

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ngl bestie, this one's a short read — no options, no environment variables, no exit statuses, no warnings. just two arguments and a dream 💜 don't go inventing extra flags, iykyk 💀

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mwah 💋 this lil page lives in ./drivers/gpu/drm/sti and it's dated October 2026 — so go forth, start that HDF VIP and HD DAC, and slay 🔥👑