virtsnd_pcm_validate(9)

🦋 NAME 🦋

okay so bestie, welcome to the virtsnd_pcm_validate(9) page from the Kernel API Manual 💖 this one is all about virtsnd_pcm_validate — and its whole job is literally to validate if the device can be started. that's the vibe check for the device, no cap ✨

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🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

int virtsnd_pcm_validate (struct virtio_device *vdev );

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🌸 ARGUMENTS 🌸

• vdev — the VirtIO parent device. that's the parent-device bestie in question 🫶

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💅 CONTEXT 💅

Any context. yep, any context — she's flexible like that 💜

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✨ RETURN ✨

0 on success, -EINVAL on failure. that's it, periodt 💀

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

Kernel file ./sound/virtio/virtio_pcm.c, plus these iconic little functions:

• virtsnd_pcm_build_hw(9)
• virtsnd_pcm_find(9)
• virtsnd_pcm_find_or_create(9)
• virtsnd_pcm_period_elapsed(9)
• virtsnd_pcm_parse_cfg(9)
• virtsnd_pcm_build_devs(9)
• virtsnd_pcm_event(9)

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okay bye ily 🎀 source/version spot says ./sound/virtio, and this page is dated October 2026 💖✨