vme_dma_vme_attribute(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 vme_dma_vme_attribute — the Kernel API Manual moment

okay so bestie, you're looking at the manual page for vme_dma_vme_attribute, straight out of the Kernel API Manual. yes, that's the whole title, we're not skipping it, it's iconic. ✨

🌸 NAME

vme_dma_vme_attribute — Create "VME" type VME DMA list attribute. that's it, that's the job, and it does it fabulously 💅

🎀 SYNOPSIS

struct vme_dma_attr * vme_dma_vme_attribute (unsigned long long address
, u32 aspace , u32 cycle , u32 dwidth );

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⭐ ARGUMENTS

  • address — VME base address for DMA transfer. the starting point of the whole vibe, lowkey where the data party begins.
  • aspace — VME address space to use for DMA transfer. which address space we're living in, main character energy only.
  • cycle — VME bus cycle to use for DMA transfer. the bus cycle, fr fr, it matters.
  • dwidth — VME data width to use for DMA transfer. how wide the data is being. slay.

🦋 DESCRIPTION

Create a VME DMA list attribute pointing to a location on the VME bus, for DMA transfers. that's literally the whole thing: you're making an attribute that says "hey, this is the spot on the VME bus" and DMA goes brrr there.

highkey important though: it is the responsibility of the user to free used attributes using vme_dma_free_attribute. not the kernel's problem, not the compiler's problem, yours. don't leave them lying around like last week's iced coffee 😭

🔥 RETURN

Pointer to VME DMA attribute, NULL on failure. so if you get NULL back, that's the universe telling you it did not work. check it, bestie, always check it 🙈

👑 SEE ALSO

Kernel file ./drivers/staging/vme_user/vme.c — and the whole friend group:

ok and a little sign-off moment 💖 this one lives in ./drivers/staging/vme_user, dated October 2026, and it's filed under vme_dma_vme_attribute(9) — that's the source, the version vibe and the date, all present and accounted for, no cap. bye bestie, go free your attributes 🎀🌈💜
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