vcn_v3_0_enc_ring_get_wptr(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

✨ vcn_v3_0_enc_ring_get_wptr(9) — get enc write pointer ✨

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual 💖 this one's a kernel function page, and honestly? it's short, it's sweet, it's giving "one job and she does it." let's get into it 🎀

🌸 NAME 🌸

vcn_v3_0_enc_ring_get_wptr — get enc write pointer

like, that's literally the whole thing. she gets the write pointer. she's an icon, she's a legend, that's the moment 👑

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

uint64_t vcn_v3_0_enc_ring_get_wptr (struct amdgpu_ring *ring );

so you call her with one argument and she hands you back a uint64_t. no cap, that's the whole vibe check 💅

🌈 ARGUMENTS 🌈

  • ring — amdgpu_ring pointer

that's it. one (1) pointer, and it's an amdgpu_ring pointer. she shows up, does her thing, no drama ✨

💜 DESCRIPTION 💜

Returns the current hardware enc write pointer.

fr fr that's the entire description — she reads the hardware's enc write pointer and gives it back to you. lowkey the most unbothered function in the whole file and honestly? main character energy 🌟

🍓 SEE ALSO 🍓

Kernel file ./drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/vcn_v3_0.c — that's her home, that's where she lives 🏠

and the whole friend group, assembled 💖:

ngl that's a full squad — the dec ring girls, the enc ring girls, the clock gating twins, the init/fini crew… everyone's invited to the group chat 🫶

💡 reminder bestie: this page lives in the Kernel API Manual and the source file is ./drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/vcn_v3_0.c. that's the lore.

okay that's the page!! mwah 💋 she's from ./drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu, the Kernel API Manual, dated October 2026, and her full title is literally vcn_v3_0_enc_ring_get_wptr(9) — go get that write pointer bestie, you got this 🧚‍♀️💖🔥

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