drm_connect...ivacy_screen(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 drm_connect...ivacy_screen(9) — welcome to the page, bestie

okay so this is from the Kernel API Manual, and the header is literally truncated (drm_connect...ivacy_screen(9), like, the man page ran out of room mid-word 😭) but the actual function starring in this episode is drm_connector_update_privacy_screen — and no cap, it's a little one. tiny icon. huge slay. let's go ✨

✨ NAME ✨

drm_connector_update_privacy_screen — update connector's privacy-screen sw-state 🫶

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

void drm_connector_update_privacy_screen (const struct
drm_connector_state *connector_state );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

  • connector_state — the connector-state you want to update the privacy-screen for. that's it. that's the whole argument. she's low maintenance 💅

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

okay so here's the tea: this function calls drm_privacy_screen_set_sw_state on the connector's privacy-screen. that's the entire personality. one call, done, bye 💖

and if the connector has, like, no privacy-screen at all? then it's a no-op. literally nothing happens. she simply does not engage. not every connector has one, and that's fine, we don't shame 🧚

iykyk: no privacy-screen → no-op. no drama, no crash, no notes.

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

this is the part where the page goes full main-character and links, like, the entire DRM connector cinematic universe. all of these, exactly as they appear, no skips:

also yes, standard connector properties(9) is in there twice — i didn't do that, the page did it, and i refuse to edit her 🫶

ngl the privacy-screen girlies specifically should also peep drm_connector_create_privacy_screen_properties(9), drm_connector_attach_privacy_screen_properties(9) and drm_connector_attach_privacy_screen_provider(9) — they're right there in the list, go say hi 💜

and that's the whole page, bestie — tiny function, enormous link list, zero regrets. this one lives in ./drivers/gpu/drm, dated October 2026, and it's giving "kernel API manual but make it cute" 🌈 mwah, ily, go update some privacy-screen sw-state 💖🎀🦋

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