drm_client_modeset_dpms(9)

💖 drm_client_modeset_dpms(9) 💖

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual entry for drm_client_modeset_dpms — yes that's a whole mouthful, we're calling her the "Set DPMS mode" girlie from here on out ✨

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🌸 NAME 🌸

drm_client_modeset_dpms — Set DPMS mode, that's the whole vibe 🎀

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

int drm_client_modeset_dpms (struct drm_client_dev *client , int mode );

like, it takes a client and a mode and hands you back an int. simple. iconic. no notes 💅

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✨ ARGUMENTS ✨

• client — the DRM client, aka the whole reason we're here 🫶
• mode — the DPMS mode you want to set, bestie 🌈

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💜 NOTE 💜

okay so listen up, this one matters: for atomic drivers, mode gets reduced to on/off. that's it, that's the note, no in-between, binary queen energy 👑✨

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⭐ RETURN ⭐

• Zero on success 🎉
• a negative error code on failure 😭

fr fr, check it. don't just assume it slayed.

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🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

• Kernel file ./drivers/gpu/drm/drm_client_modeset.c — the source, go read her 📖
• drm_client_modeset_probe(9)
• drm_client_rotation(9)
• drm_client_modeset_check(9)
• drm_client_modeset_commit_locked(9)
• drm_client_modeset_commit(9)
• drm_client_modeset_wait_for_vblank(9)

like the whole friend group, honestly 🧚💖

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and that's the page, bestie 🎀 she lives in ./drivers/gpu/drm, dated October 2026 in this here Kernel API Manual — mwah, go forth and set those DPMS modes 💅🦋👑