vcn_v5_0_0_...ume_dpg_mode(9)

πŸ“¦ version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

πŸ’– vcn_v5_0_0_mc_resume_dpg_mode (9) β€” Kernel API Manual πŸ’–

okay bestie, so this is a page from the Kernel API Manual and it's all about one lil function in the AMDGPU VCN5.0.0 saga. it's giving "niche but iconic" ✨


🌸 NAME 🌸

vcn_v5_0_0_mc_resume_dpg_mode β€” memory controller programming for dpg mode πŸŽ€

like, the whole vibe is: we're waking the memory controller back up, but specifically in dpg mode. iykyk 😌


✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

void vcn_v5_0_0_mc_resume_dpg_mode (struct amdgpu_vcn_inst *vinst , bool indirect );

that's it. that's the whole call. no return value (it's void, so nothing comes back β€” truly a "no thoughts, just vibes" function πŸ’…).


πŸ¦‹ ARGUMENTS πŸ¦‹

  • vinst β€” the VCN instance πŸ’œ (the actual thing we're working on, bestie)
  • indirect β€” indirectly write sram ✍️ (a bool, so it's a simple yes/no on whether we do the sram writes the indirect way)

πŸŽ€ DESCRIPTION πŸŽ€

so what does it actually do? it lets the VCN memory controller know its offsets β€” with dpg mode in the mix 🌈. that's the tea, that's the assignment. it is literally just informing the memory controller where things sit when dpg mode is on. periodt.


πŸ”₯ SEE ALSO πŸ”₯

the source lives right here in the kernel tree, go look:

Kernel file ./drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/vcn_v5_0_0.c

and here's the whole friend group (yes, all of them, no cap β€” not skipping a single one πŸ‘‘):


πŸ’€ just a heads up bestie: no warnings, no bugs, no exit statuses on this page β€” it's a clean lil void function and the manpage keeps it that way. don't go reading extra lore into it, fr fr.

and that's the whole page, slay 🫢 this beauty came from the ./drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu source, dated October 2026, and it's page vcn_v5_0_0_...ume_dpg_mode(9) of the Kernel API Manual. mwah, go read some kernel code, you're doing amazing πŸ’–βœ¨πŸ“

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