vcn_v5_0_1_hw_fini(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

✨ vcn_v5_0_1_hw_fini ✨

okay so bestie, welcome to the vcn_v5_0_1_hw_fini page 💅 this one lives in the Kernel API Manual and it's literally the "we're done here" button for the VCN hardware block. no cap. 🫶

🌸 NAME 🌸

vcn_v5_0_1_hw_fini — stop the hardware block 🛑

like, that's the whole vibe. it stops the hardware block. periodt.

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

int vcn_v5_0_1_hw_fini (struct amdgpu_ip_block *ip_block );

she takes one argument and returns an int, and yes the spacing is exactly like that, don't come for me 😭

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

  • ip_block — a pointer to the amdgpu_ip_block for this hw instance. that's it, that's the one (1) thing she needs from you 🫶

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

So here's the tea ☕: this function stops the VCN block and marks the ring as not ready any more. that's genuinely the whole assignment, and she ate. 💅

no extra drama, no hidden lore — stop the block, flip the ring out of the ready state, done. iconic behavior honestly ✨

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

first up, the kernel file where all of this lives:

  • ./drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/vcn_v5_0_1.c

and then the whole friend group 🧚 — every single one of these, no gatekeeping:

and that's the whole page, bestie 😭 no cap, she's short and she's perfect 🍓

anyway, before you go — this lil masterpiece is from the source down at ./drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu, dated October 2026, filed under vcn_v5_0_1_hw_fini(9) 💜 go forth and stop those hardware blocks responsibly 🌟

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