uvd_v6_0_enc_ring_get_rptr(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💖 uvd_v6_0_enc_ring_get_rptr 💖

okay so bestie, this page is from the Kernel API Manual (yes, the Kernel API Manual, we're in the big leagues now), and it's all about one little function that does exactly one little thing. let's get into it 🫶

✨ NAME ✨

uvd_v6_0_enc_ring_get_rptr — get enc read pointer

like, that's it. that's the whole job. it gets the read pointer. slay 💅

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

uint64_t uvd_v6_0_enc_ring_get_rptr (struct amdgpu_ring *ring );

so you hand it a ring, it hands you back a uint64_t. one in, one out. balanced. iconic 🌈

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

  • ring — an amdgpu_ring pointer. that's the vibe. it's the ring you're asking about 💫

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

Returns the current hardware enc read pointer.

fr fr that's the whole description. it reads the read pointer straight off the hardware and gives it to you as a uint64_t. no tricks, no side quests, no drama — just the current hardware enc read pointer, as advertised 👑

ngl the original manpage is short and sweet here, so I'm matching its energy — no extra lore, no invented behaviour, just the facts 💀

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

the whole fam is here, and yes we're listing every single one because we don't do "etc." in this house 💖

and that's the page, bestie 🧚 go forth and get that read pointer ✨

source situation: ./drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu, dated October 2026, straight out of the Kernel API Manual — mwah, no cap 💜🍓

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