xe_ggtt_start(9)

✨ xe_ggtt_start(9) ✨

okay so bestie, welcome to the xe_ggtt_start(9) page — it lives in the Kernel API Manual and it's lowkey one of the shortest, sweetest little functions ever. it's giving "one job and she does it." 🎀

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🌸 NAME 🌸

xe_ggtt_start — get the starting offset of the GGTT. that's it. that's the whole vibe. 💅

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

u64 xe_ggtt_start (struct xe_ggtt *ggtt );

literally just hand her a ggtt and she hands you back a u64. no drama, no cap.

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💖 ARGUMENTS 💖

• ggtt — an xe_ggtt. yes, that's the entire description. she's an xe_ggtt. that's the whole personality. 🫶

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⭐ RETURN ⭐

the starting offset for this xe_ggtt. that's what you get, that's what she gives, periodt. ✨

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🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

okay this is the part where the friend group shows up, so let me introduce everyone 👑

• Kernel file ./drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_ggtt.c — the home base, the main character's address
• Global Graphics Translation Table (GGTT)(9) — the whole concept, the lore
• struct xe_ggtt_node(9)
• struct xe_ggtt_pt_ops(9)
• struct xe_ggtt(9)
• xe_ggtt_size(9)
• xe_ggtt_alloc(9)
• xe_ggtt_init_early(9)
• xe_ggtt_node_remove(9)
• xe_ggtt_init(9)
• xe_ggtt_shift_nodes(9)
• xe_ggtt_insert_node(9)
• xe_ggtt_node_pt_size(9)
• xe_ggtt_map_bo(9)
• xe_ggtt_map_bo_unlocked(9)
• xe_ggtt_insert_node_transform(9)
• xe_ggtt_insert_bo_at(9)
• xe_ggtt_insert_bo(9)
• xe_ggtt_remove_bo(9)
• xe_ggtt_largest_hole(9)
• xe_ggtt_assign(9)
• xe_ggtt_node_save(9)
• xe_ggtt_node_load(9)
• xe_ggtt_dump(9)
• xe_ggtt_print_holes(9)
• xe_ggtt_encode_pte_flags(9)
• xe_ggtt_read_pte(9)
• xe_ggtt_node_addr(9)
• xe_ggtt_node_size(9)

fr fr that's the entire group chat, every single one of them, no one left on read 💜

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ngl this page is short enough to read in one breath, but every detail still ate. go forth and get that starting offset, bestie 🌈

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mwah 💋 that's a wrap! this gem came from the source path ./drivers/gpu/drm/xe, dated October 2026 — stan the kernel docs, iykyk 🍓🧚