vpif_start_streaming(9)

💅 vpif_start_streaming(9) 💅

okay so bestie 💖 welcome to the Kernel API Manual entry for vpif_start_streaming(9) — yes that's the title, yes we're doing this, and yes it's giving "short but iconic."

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✨ NAME ✨

vpif_start_streaming — Starts the DMA engine for streaming 🔥

the name is literally the whole plot: it starts the DMA engine for streaming. no cap. 💅

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

here's the exact vibe check, character for character:

int vpif_start_streaming (struct vb2_queue *vq , unsigned int count );

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

two arguments, two little main characters 🫶

• vq — ptr to vb2_buffer 👀 (that's the whole description, bestie — "ptr to vb2_buffer", not me being mysterious, that's just what it says)
• count — number of buffers 🍓 (literally the number of buffers, periodt)

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

okay the lore continues here, don't skip it 💖

• Kernel file ./drivers/media/platform/ti/davinci/vpif_display.c
• vpif_buffer_prepare(9)
• vpif_buffer_queue_setup(9)
• vpif_buffer_queue(9)
• vpif_stop_streaming(9)
• vpif_querycap(9)
• vpif_output_to_subdev(9)
• vpif_set_output(9)
• vpif_enum_dv_timings(9)
• vpif_s_dv_timings(9)
• vpif_g_dv_timings(9)

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mwah 💋 that's the whole page — source/version ./drivers/media/platform/ti/da..., dated October 2026, and it's still vpif_start_streaming(9) at the end. slay ✨👑