uvd_v7_0_enc_ring_get_rptr(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💖 uvd_v7_0_enc_ring_get_rptr 💖

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual ✨ — yes this is a real manpage from the kernel, and yes it's literally about reading a pointer. stay with me, it's cute, i promise 🫶

🌸 NAME 🌸

uvd_v7_0_enc_ring_get_rptr — get enc read pointer 💅

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

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

uint64_t uvd_v7_0_enc_ring_get_rptr (struct amdgpu_ring *ring );

that's it. one arg, returns a uint64_t. iconic behavior, no notes 💜

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

  • ring — an amdgpu_ring pointer 🌀 (this is the ring you're asking about, she's the main character here)

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

Returns the current hardware enc read pointer ✨. that's it. that's the function. it goes and asks the hardware "hey bestie where's the read pointer at rn" and the hardware is like "here" and it comes back as a uint64_t. no cap, that's the whole vibe 💫

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

the kernel file that lives at ./drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/uvd_v7_0.c 📁 — and like, the whole squad of related functions, all of them, not skipping a single one:

like a whole friend group honestly 🌈 go read them, they're all valid 💖

and that's the page!! 🧚 this one's from ./drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu, dated October 2026, and the page itself is uvd_v7_0_enc_ring_get_rptr(9) — mwah, bye, drink some water 🍓💅

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