drm_connecto...cmdline_mode(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

✨ drm_connector_get_cmdline_mode ✨

okay so real talk, this page lives in section 9 of the Kernel API Manual and the header up top calls it drm_connecto...cmdline_mode(9) because apparently even manpage headers get the truncated-group-chat-nickname treatment 💅 anyway bestie, this is the whole vibe: it reads the user's cmdline mode. that's it, that's the function 🎀

🌸 NAME 🌸

drm_connector_get_cmdline_mode — reads the user's cmdline mode 💖

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

void drm_connector_get_cmdline_mode (struct drm_connector *connector );

⭐ ARGUMENTS ⭐

  • connector — the connector you want to query 👀 that's the whole input, no cap

🔥 DESCRIPTION 🔥

so the kernel lowkey supports configuring its consoles per-connector through the video= parameter, right? and this function is the one that literally parses that option and pulls out the mode the user specified for a particular connector — or their enable/disable status, whichever they went with ✨ it's giving "translator between the boot cmdline and your display" energy.

and the important part: this is typically only used during the early fbdev setup. early days, main character energy, before all the fancy stuff shows up 🌈

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

okay this list is a whole friend group, buckle up bestie 🫶

ngl if you actually read that entire list you're a real one, iykyk 🧚

and that's the page!! fr fr thank you for coming to my ted talk 🍓 this lil beauty lives over in ./drivers/gpu/drm and the version stamped on it is October 2026 — mwah, go read some connectors, bestie 💜

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