vcn_v5_0_1_e...clock_gating(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 vcn_v5_0_1_enable_clock_gating — the Kernel API Manual (yes, we're reading kernel docs, and yes, we're slaying it)

okay so bestie, we're literally in the vcn_v5_0_1_e...clock_gating(9) page of the Kernel API Manual right now, and honestly? It's a short one. A little baby page. But it's iconic and we're gonna give it the respect it deserves. 🎀

✨ NAME ✨

vcn_v5_0_1_enable_clock_gating — enable VCN clock gating

Like, that's the whole thing. It turns the clock gating ON. She's an enabler. 💅

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

void vcn_v5_0_1_enable_clock_gating (struct amdgpu_vcn_inst *vinst );

Notice the void — she gives nothing back. No return value, no exit status, no drama. She just does the thing and leaves. main character energy fr fr. 👑

🌸 ARGUMENTS 🌸

  • vinst — the VCN instance. That's it, that's the whole argument. She takes one (1) VCN instance and she's happy. 🫶

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

Enable clock gating for the VCN block. Periodt. ✨

That's the entire description, bestie — no hidden lore, no caveats, no "undefined behaviour if you sneeze on it" warnings. She enables clock gating for the VCN block and that's her whole job. A queen with a single responsibility and zero regrets. 🌈

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

okay this is where the page actually goes OFF, because the cross-reference list is long and honestly kind of iconic. Every single one of these, no skips, no cap:

ngl, the whole vcn_v5_0_1_ fam is eating down in this list. disable_clock_gating(9) is literally right there — her nemesis, her opposite, her other half. 🫶 And is_idle(9) / wait_for_idle(9)? the vibes-based duo of the century. 😭

lowkey obsessed with how set_clockgating_state(9) is in here too — like, y'all have a general one AND a specific enable one? werk. 💀

🧚 sign-off 🧚

so that's the page!! she lives in ./drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu, dated October 2026, and she's proudly part of the vcn_v5_0_1_e...clock_gating(9) era. go enable some clock gating, bestie — you're gonna ate. ⭐💜

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