vcn_v5_0_1_stop(9)
π vcn_v5_0_1_stop β like, the VCN stop page, bestie
okay so real talk, this one lives in the Kernel API Manual (yes that's the manual name, we're fancy now β¨) and it's about one single tiny function that shuts the VCN block down. short page, iconic energy, let's go π«Ά
πΈ NAME πΈ
vcn_v5_0_1_stop β literally "VCN stop", that's it, that's the whole name π
π SYNOPSIS π
int vcn_v5_0_1_stop (struct amdgpu_vcn_inst *vinst );
yes bestie it returns an int, and yes it takes exactly one argument, we love a minimal signature π
π¦ ARGUMENTS π¦
vinstβ the VCN instance. that's your girl, your handle to the whole VCN party π
β¨ DESCRIPTION β¨
Stop the VCN block. periodt. π₯
like, that's genuinely the whole description, no cap β this one just stops the VCN block and dips π
π SEE ALSO π
if you're the kind of person who reads the see-also section (respect, honestly π«Ά), the kernel file is right here:
./drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/vcn_v5_0_1.c
and here's the whole friend group, all of them (9), all of them invited to the function party π:
vcn_v5_0_1_early_init(9)vcn_v5_0_1_sw_init(9)vcn_v5_0_1_sw_fini(9)vcn_v5_0_1_hw_init(9)vcn_v5_0_1_hw_fini(9)vcn_v5_0_1_suspend(9)vcn_v5_0_1_resume(9)vcn_v5_0_1_mc_resume(9)vcn_v5_0_1_mc_resume_dpg_mode(9)vcn_v5_0_1_disable_clock_gating(9)vcn_v5_0_1_enable_clock_gating(9)vcn_v5_0_1_pause_dpg_mode(9)vcn_v5_0_1_start_dpg_mode(9)vcn_v5_0_1_start(9)vcn_v5_0_1_stop_dpg_mode(9)vcn_v5_0_1_unified_ring_get_rptr(9)vcn_v5_0_1_unified_ring_get_wptr(9)vcn_v5_0_1_unified_ring_set_wptr(9)vcn_v5_0_1_set_unified_ring_funcs(9)vcn_v5_0_1_is_idle(9)vcn_v5_0_1_wait_for_idle(9)vcn_v5_0_1_set_clockgating_state(9)vcn_v5_0_1_process_interrupt(9)vcn_v5_0_1_set_irq_funcs(9)
so yeah, that's the page π shoutout to ./drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu for being the source folder, and this version got stamped October 2026 β vcn_v5_0_1_stop(9) said see ya, and honestly? she ate πβ
π¦ where this page comes from
- nixpkgs unstable: linux-manual 7.3.1
- π girlified by deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-1017 on : a language model's rewrite of the original, under its terms