uvd_v7_0_ring_emit_ib(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 uvd_v7_0_ring_emit_ib — kernel API manual energy ✨

okay so bestie, welcome to uvd_v7_0_ring_emit_ib(9) — yes that's the manual page name, yes it's a mouthful, no we're not shortening it, it's iconic as is 🎀

✨ NAME ✨

uvd_v7_0_ring_emit_ib — execute indirect buffer 🦋

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

void uvd_v7_0_ring_emit_ib (struct amdgpu_ring *ring , struct amdgpu_job
*job , struct amdgpu_ib *ib , uint32_t flags );

like, that's the whole signature. no cap, that's it 💜

✨ ARGUMENTS ✨

  • ring — an amdgpu_ring pointer, bestie. the ring. the main character 🌈
  • job — the job we're pulling the vmid out of 👑
  • ib — the indirect buffer we're actually executing, that's the whole point 🎯
  • flags — literally unused. not me putting a param there and never touching it 💀

✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

Write ring commands to execute the indirect buffer. that's it, that's the vibe check — you're writing ring commands so the IB goes brrr 🔥✨

🌸 SEE ALSO 🌸

Kernel file ./drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/uvd_v7_0.c — go read the source, iykyk 🧚

and the whole friend group, in order, no skipping:

fr fr read the source file before you touch the ring, i'm literally begging 🫶

and that's the page!! sign-off time: this lil gem lives in ./drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu, dated October 2026, and the header/manual name up top is uvd_v7_0_ring_emit_ib(9). slay, go execute some indirect buffers 💖🎀💅

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