vcn_v2_0_enc_ring_get_rptr(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

🎀 vcn_v2_0_enc_ring_get_rptr(9) 🎀

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual 💖 — this little cutie lives in the kernel docs and it's here to explain one (1) very specific function to you. pull up a chair, grab a strawberry 🍓, and let's get into it.

✨ NAME ✨

vcn_v2_0_enc_ring_get_rptr — get enc read pointer 👑

like... literally that's the whole job. it gets the enc read pointer. main character energy, zero notes. 💅

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

uint64_t vcn_v2_0_enc_ring_get_rptr (struct amdgpu_ring *ring );

yup, that's it. it hands you back a uint64_t and it takes exactly one thing: a struct amdgpu_ring * named ring. screaming, crying, throwing up over how clean that signature is 😭✨

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

  • ring — an amdgpu_ring pointer 💫 that's the whole parameter list. that's the whole vibe check. one pointer, and it better be an amdgpu_ring one, iykyk.

💜 DESCRIPTION 💜

so what does it do? it returns the current hardware enc read pointer. 🔥

like — the hardware has a read pointer for the enc ring, and this function goes and gets the current one for you. that's it, that's the function, and honestly? iconic. no cap. 🫶

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

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