drm_connector_register(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

drm_connector_register 👑

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual 💖 — this is the page for drm_connector_register, and we’re gonna make it make sense, fr fr. no cap.

🌸 NAME 🌸

drm_connector_register — register a connector. that’s the whole name, that’s the whole vibe. 💅

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

int drm_connector_register (struct drm_connector *connector );

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

  • connector — the connector to register. like, the actual connector you’re registering, bestie. that’s it. 🫶

💜 DESCRIPTION 💜

okay so here’s the tea ☕ — this function registers userspace interfaces for a connector. slay. ✨

🚨 drivers shouldn’t call this function. like, for real for real. don’t do it.

Static connectors? they get registered automatically by DRM core from drm_dev_register. dynamic connectors (MST) should be registered by drivers calling drm_connector_dynamic_register. iykyk. 💖

and when the connector is no longer available? callers must call drm_connector_unregister. periodt. 💅

💀 NOTE 💀

heads up bestie — existing uses of this function in drivers should already be a nop, and they’re scheduled to be removed. so like, don’t get too attached. 😭

⭐ RETURN ⭐

zero on success, error code on failure. that’s the return vibe. 🫶

👀 SEE ALSO 👀

okay so there are literally SO many related pages, and we’re listing every single one because we don’t skip, ever. 💖 here we go:

and that’s a wrap bestie 🎀 — this page lives in ./drivers/gpu/drm, is dated October 2026, and it’s all about drm_connector_register(9). mwah 💋✨

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