uvd_v6_0_start(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💖 uvd_v6_0_start(9) — the Kernel API Manual moment 🎀

okay so bestie, welcome to the uvd_v6_0_start(9) page from the Kernel API Manual ✨ this is the little corner of the kernel docs that lives in ./drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu and honestly? it's giving "tiny function, big responsibilities" energy 🦋

🌸 NAME 🌸

uvd_v6_0_start — start UVD block 💅

like, literally, that's the whole job. she starts the UVD block. iconic behavior, no notes 👑

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

int uvd_v6_0_start (struct amdgpu_device *adev );

one function, one pointer, one int coming back at you 🫶 that's it, that's the whole synopsis. lowkey elegant ngl.

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

  • adev — an amdgpu_device pointer 💖 so like, hand her the amdgpu device and she'll know what to do with it. that's the vibe.

🌈 DESCRIPTION 🌈

Setup and start the UVD block ⭐ that's it. that's the description. she sets it up, she starts it, she slays. no cap, it's a short description because the function is doing the work, not the prose 💀

bestie pls note: this page keeps it extremely brief on purpose — the setup-and-start behavior is all that's documented here, so don't go assuming extra details that aren't written down 🙈

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

the whole friend group 🫶 every one of these is a real reference, so here they all are, exactly as listed:

not me listing every single one because the rule is keep every detail and I would never do my bestie dirty like that 💀💖

and that's the page!! 💜 shoutout to ./drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu for being the home directory of this whole situation, and to October 2026 for the timestamp — she's dated, she's official, she's the footer, and she ate 🎀✨ bye bestie, go start that UVD block 🦋

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