drm_dp_link_configure(9)

💅 NAME 💅

okay so bestie, this is drm_dp_link_configure(9) from the Kernel API Manual, and its whole thing is literally “configure a DisplayPort link.” that’s the assignment. slay. ✨

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

int drm_dp_link_configure (struct drm_dp_aux *aux , struct drm_dp_link *link );

🫶 ARGUMENTS 🫶

• aux — the DisplayPort AUX channel. yes ma’am, that exact channel. 💌
• link — a pointer to a structure containing the link configuration. it’s giving “here’s the config, go off.” 💅

🔥 DESCRIPTION 🔥

so what does it actually return? that’s the whole story here, and it’s short and iconic: it returns 0 on success or a negative error code on failure. periodt. 🎀

lowkey important: 0 means success, negative means failure. check your error codes, bestie. 😭

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

the kernel file is ./drivers/gpu/drm/tegra/dp.c — go look, iykyk. 👑

• drm_dp_link_add_rate(9)
• drm_dp_link_remove_rate(9)
• drm_dp_link_update_rates(9)
• drm_dp_link_probe(9)
• drm_dp_link_choose(9)
• Link training(9)
• drm_dp_link_train_init(9)
• drm_dp_link_train(9)

mwah 💋 this lil page comes from ./drivers/gpu/drm/tegra and it’s dated October 2026 — noted, timestamped, iconic. 🦋