vcn_v1_0_dec...insert_start(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 vcn_v1_0_dec_ring_insert_start — insert a start command

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual, section 9 (that's the kernel-dev section, iykyk) 🎀 and today's main character is vcn_v1_0_dec_ring_insert_start. yes that's a long name. yes she ate. let's get into it ✨

✨ NAME ✨

vcn_v1_0_dec_ring_insert_start — literally just inserts a start command 💫

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

void vcn_v1_0_dec_ring_insert_start (struct amdgpu_ring *ring );

that's it. that's the whole signature. no return value, she's void, she doesn't owe you anything 💅

🌸 ARGUMENTS 🌸

  • ring — an amdgpu_ring pointer 🫶 like, that's the ring you're working with, okay bestie, keep up

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

Write a start command to the ring. periodt. 🔥

(no cap, that's the entire description — she's a small function with big main character energy 👑)

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

so there's a whole friend group here, and honestly? iconic lineup. go check out the kernel file:

  • Kernel file ./drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/vcn_v1_0.c

and then all her besties 💜:

like, that's a whole squad fr fr 🧚

and that's the whole page!! 🍓 she lives in ./drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu (yes that path, exactly that path), and this lil beauty is dated October 2026, from the Kernel API Manual ✨ bye bestie, mwah 💋💖

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