vcn_v1_0_hw_fini(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 vcn_v1_0_hw_fini — or as the kernel calls it, section 9 of the Kernel API Manual

okay so bestie, welcome to the vcn_v1_0_hw_fini(9) page 🎀 this is the Kernel API Manual, section 9, and we're talking about one very specific little function. buckle up, it's short but it matters.

✨ NAME ✨

vcn_v1_0_hw_fini — stop the hardware block, bestie. that's it. that's the whole job. 🛑

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

int vcn_v1_0_hw_fini (struct amdgpu_ip_block *ip_block );

she takes one arg, she returns an int, she does her thing. iconic behavior honestly 💅

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

  • ip_block — pointer to the amdgpu_ip_block for this hw instance. like, the specific one. don't go handing her somebody else's block, that's not the vibe 🙈

⭐ DESCRIPTION ⭐

so what does she actually do? two things, and she does them well:

  • stops the VCN block 🛑
  • marks the ring as not ready any more — like, officially closed for business, no more work coming through, periodt 💀

that's the whole description. short and slay. she's not here to overexplain, she's here to shut things down.

🫶 SEE ALSO 🫶

first up, the source file, in case you wanna go read the actual code like the main character you are:

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

and now the whole friend group — every single one of these, no cap, all of them:

like, the whole dec ring and enc ring squad showed up. obsessed 🌈

and that's the page!! this little cutie lives under ./drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu, dated October 2026, and you found her in the Kernel API Manual as vcn_v1_0_hw_fini(9) — mwah, go stop some hardware, bestie 💖✨

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