vpu_dec_start(9)

💅 vpu_dec_start(9) — Kernel API Manual, bestie edition 🎀

okay so picture this: you're in the Kernel API Manual, and today's main character is vpu_dec_start. yes it's a (9) page, yes it's kernel-internal, and yes we're gonna stan it anyway ✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

vpu_dec_start — start decoding, basically the function will be invoked once every frame. fr fr, every single frame. she's consistent like that 💖

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

int vpu_dec_start (struct vdec_vpu_inst *vpu , uint32_t *data , unsigned
int len );

✨ ARGUMENTS ✨

• vpu — the instance for vdec_vpu_inst. she's the whole vibe, the context, the main character energy 👑
• data — meta data to pass bitstream info to the VPU decoder. it's giving courier, it's giving messenger 🫶
• len — meta data length. yes bestie, how much of that data actually matters 📏

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• Kernel file ./drivers/media/platform/mediatek/vcodec/decoder/vdec_vpu_if.h struct vdec_vpu_inst(9)
• vpu_dec_init(9)
• vpu_dec_end(9)
• vpu_dec_deinit(9)
• vpu_dec_reset(9)
• vpu_dec_core(9)
• vpu_dec_core_end(9)
• vpu_dec_get_param(9)

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no cap, that's the whole page — short and iconic, just how she is 💅

and that's a wrap, bestie! this lil' number lives at ./drivers/media/platform/media..., dated October 2026 — go off, kernel queen 🧚⭐🍓