devm_mipi_dsi_attach(9)

✨ devm_mipi_dsi_attach 💅

okay so this is a page from the Kernel API Manual, bestie — we're deep in kernel land today, and honestly? it's giving lowkey iconic. 🎀

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🌸 NAME 🌸

devm_mipi_dsi_attach — attach a MIPI-DSI device to its DSI Host 🦋

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

int devm_mipi_dsi_attach (struct device *dev , struct mipi_dsi_device
*dsi );

like yes, that's the whole signature, no cap. 📎

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🫶 ARGUMENTS 🫶

• dev — the device you're tying the whole MIPI-DSI device attachment lifetime to. it's the main character that decides how long this whole situation lives, fr fr. 👑
• dsi — the DSI peripheral. your little guy. your blorbo. the thing being attached. 🌈

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💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

okay so this is the managed version of mipi_dsi_attach — the way it works is it automatically calls mipi_dsi_detach when dev gets unbound. so you don't have to remember to clean up yourself, the kernel handles it. slay. literally the devm of it all, it's so ate. ✨

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💀 RETURN 💀

0 on success — 🎉 icon behavior.

a negative error code on failure — 😭 not the vibe, but at least it tells you.

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🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

buckle up bestie, this list is LONG and we're not skipping a single one of them, periodt. 💅

Kernel file ./drivers/gpu/drm/drm_mipi_dsi.c dsi helpers(9):

• of_find_mipi_dsi_device_by_node(9)
• mipi_dsi_device_register_full(9)
• mipi_dsi_device_unregister(9)
• devm_mipi_dsi_device_register_full(9)
• of_find_mipi_dsi_host_by_node(9)
• mipi_dsi_attach(9)
• mipi_dsi_detach(9)
• mipi_dsi_packet_format_is_short(9)
• mipi_dsi_packet_format_is_long(9)
• mipi_dsi_create_packet(9)
• mipi_dsi_shutdown_peripheral(9)
• mipi_dsi_turn_on_peripheral(9)
• mipi_dsi_compression_mode_ext(9)
• mipi_dsi_compression_mode(9)
• mipi_dsi_picture_parameter_set(9)
• mipi_dsi_generic_write(9)
• mipi_dsi_generic_write_multi(9)
• mipi_dsi_dual_generic_write_multi(9)
• mipi_dsi_generic_read(9)
• drm_mipi_dsi_get_input_bus_fmt(9)
• mipi_dsi_dcs_write_buffer(9)
• mipi_dsi_dcs_write_buffer_chatty(9)
• mipi_dsi_dcs_write_buffer_multi(9)
• mipi_dsi_dual_dcs_write_buffer_multi(9)
• mipi_dsi_dcs_write(9)
• mipi_dsi_dcs_read(9)
• mipi_dsi_dcs_read_multi(9)
• mipi_dsi_dcs_nop(9)
• mipi_dsi_dcs_soft_reset(9)
• mipi_dsi_dcs_get_power_mode(9)
• mipi_dsi_dcs_get_pixel_format(9)
• mipi_dsi_dcs_enter_sleep_mode(9)
• mipi_dsi_dcs_exit_sleep_mode(9)
• mipi_dsi_dcs_set_display_off(9)
• mipi_dsi_dcs_set_display_on(9)
• mipi_dsi_dcs_set_column_address(9)
• mipi_dsi_dcs_set_page_address(9)
• mipi_dsi_dcs_set_tear_on(9)
• mipi_dsi_dcs_set_pixel_format(9)
• mipi_dsi_dcs_set_tear_scanline(9)
• mipi_dsi_dcs_set_display_brightness(9)
• mipi_dsi_dcs_get_display_brightness(9)
• mipi_dsi_dcs_set_display_brightness_large(9)
• mipi_dsi_dcs_get_display_brightness_large(9)
• mipi_dsi_picture_parameter_set_multi(9)
• mipi_dsi_compression_mode_ext_multi(9)
• mipi_dsi_compression_mode_multi(9)
• mipi_dsi_dcs_nop_multi(9)
• mipi_dsi_dcs_enter_sleep_mode_multi(9)
• mipi_dsi_dcs_exit_sleep_mode_multi(9)
• mipi_dsi_dcs_set_display_off_multi(9)
• mipi_dsi_dcs_set_display_on_multi(9)
• mipi_dsi_dcs_set_tear_on_multi(9)
• mipi_dsi_turn_on_peripheral_multi(9)
• mipi_dsi_dcs_set_tear_off_multi(9)
• mipi_dsi_dcs_soft_reset_multi(9)
• mipi_dsi_dcs_set_display_brightness_multi(9)
• mipi_dsi_dcs_set_pixel_format_multi(9)
• mipi_dsi_dcs_set_column_address_multi(9)
• mipi_dsi_dcs_set_page_address_multi(9)
• mipi_dsi_dcs_set_tear_scanline_multi(9)
• mipi_dsi_shutdown_peripheral_multi(9)
• mipi_dsi_driver_register_full(9)
• mipi_dsi_driver_unregister(9)

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ngl, that is a lot of see-also. drink some water after reading all that, bestie. 🍓💜

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and that's the page! where it lives: ./drivers/gpu/drm 🌸 dated October 2026 🎀 and it's devm_mipi_dsi_attach(9) all the way through, iykyk. mwah, go forth and attach your DSI peripherals responsibly 💅✨🫶