vcn_v5_0_1_u...ing_get_wptr(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 vcn_v5_0_1_unified_ring_get_wptr(9) — from the Kernel API Manual ✨

okay bestie, welcome to the little doc page for vcn_v5_0_1_u...ing_get_wptr(9) 💖 this one lives in the Kernel API Manual and honestly? it's short, it's sweet, it's giving one job and it does it. no cap. 🌸

✨ NAME ✨

vcn_v5_0_1_unified_ring_get_wptr — get unified write pointer 🎀

like literally the name is the whole plot. it gets the write pointer. the unified one. slay. 💅

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

uint64_t vcn_v5_0_1_unified_ring_get_wptr (struct amdgpu_ring *ring );

so she takes a struct amdgpu_ring *ring and hands you back a uint64_t. iconic signature ngl ⭐

💜 ARGUMENTS 💜

  • ring — an amdgpu_ring pointer 🫶 that's the one and only thing you're feeding her. that's it. that's the whole menu.

🔥 DESCRIPTION 🔥

Returns the current hardware unified write pointer ✨

yep, that's the entire description, and honestly? she ate. no filler, no fluff, just here's your write pointer, straight from the hardware 👑 lowkey obsessed with the confidence of it.

heads up bestie, this page doesn't spill any extra tea about edge cases or errors — so don't go inventing any. all we know fr fr is: you give it a ring, it gives you back the current hardware unified write pointer. that's the vibe check and it passed 💀

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

the kernel file in question, hello 👋

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

and the whole friend group of related functions, all with (9) sections — every single one, no gatekeeping 🎀

like yes, that's a lot of siblings, but they're all linked from the same page so 💁‍♀️ they're basically family.

💖 ok that's the whole page!! ty for reading, mwah 🫶

and a cute little sign-off for the credits, bc she deserves her flowers: this one comes from ./drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu, dated October 2026, and the version stamp is literally vcn_v5_0_1_u...ing_get_wptr(9) — same as the title, because consistency is a vibe 😌✨ bye bestie, go get that write pointer 🦋💜

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