DRM PANEL(9)

💅 drm panel

okay so this is the drm panel page from the Kernel API Manual, section 9 — yes bestie, we're in the kernel docs now, put your hair up 🎀

🌸 what even is this

The DRM panel helpers are literally the matchmakers of the kernel world 💖 they let drivers register panel objects with a central registry, and then hand out functions so display drivers can go retrieve those panels later. it's giving centralized friend-group group chat where everyone knows where everyone is. iconic.

and hmm, if you're trying to slide this into a driver that's already using the drm_bridge infrastructure — because you're smart and you have taste — then please, please go take a look at drm_panel_bridge_add and devm_drm_panel_bridge_add. that's your easy-integration shortcut, no cap ✨

fr fr though, those two are the ones you want for bridge-based drivers. the manual said "please take look" and honestly same energy, go look.

👑 SEE ALSO

the whole squad, in order, exactly as listed — go read them, they're all linked from the kernel file ./drivers/gpu/drm/drm_panel.c:

• drm_panel_init(9)
• drm_panel_add(9)
• drm_panel_remove(9)
• devm_drm_panel_add(9)
• drm_panel_prepare(9)
• drm_panel_unprepare(9)
• drm_panel_enable(9)
• drm_panel_disable(9)
• drm_panel_get_modes(9)
• drm_panel_get(9)
• drm_panel_put(9)
• drm_panel_put_void(9)
• of_drm_find_panel(9)
• drm_is_panel_follower(9)
• drm_panel_add_follower(9)
• drm_panel_remove_follower(9)
• devm_drm_panel_add_follower(9)
• drm_panel_of_backlight(9)

🦋 and that's the whole vibe check! this one lives in ./drivers/gpu/drm and the version stamp on it is October 2026 — so like, future girl summer 🌈 mwah, go build a panel 💅✨