uvd_v7_0_hw_fini(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 uvd_v7_0_hw_fini 💅

okay bestie, so this is the Kernel API Manual entry for uvd_v7_0_hw_fini — yes that's a mouthful, no you don't have to say it out loud, but it is the main character of this page and we're gonna respect it 🫶

✨ NAME ✨

uvd_v7_0_hw_fini — literally just... stop the hardware block. That's it. That's the whole job. 🛑

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

int uvd_v7_0_hw_fini (struct amdgpu_ip_block *ip_block );

she takes one thing, she returns an int, and she is done 🎀

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

  • ip_block — pointer to the amdgpu_ip_block for this hw instance. like, the specific one. not a different one. don't be weird about it 💀

🌈 DESCRIPTION 🌈

so what actually happens: it stops the UVD block, and it marks the ring as not ready any more ✨ no more work for you, ring, you're on break, close up shop, go home 🧚

that's genuinely it — the whole job description. stop the block, ring's not ready, bye 💜

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

the kernel file, in all its glory:

./drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/uvd_v7_0.c

and the whole friend group of sibling functions, which honestly ate 💅

like okay, go off, entire ring API 😭🔥

and that's the page, bestie! this lil gem lives at ./drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu and the version/date stamp on it is October 2026 — so yeah, future vibes only 🌸✨ mwah, go stop some hardware 💜

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