drm_dp_send_...did_checksum(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 drm_dp_send_real_edid_checksum(9)

okay so bestie, welcome to the kernel API manual ✨ this little page is all about drm_dp_send_real_edid_checksum, and yes the header up top got cutely abbreviated to drm_dp_send_...did_checksum(9) — that's just the vibe, the real name is in the NAME section below 🎀

🌸 NAME 🌸

drm_dp_send_real_edid_checksum — literally sends the real EDID checksum value back. that's it. that's the whole job. slay 💅

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

bool drm_dp_send_real_edid_checksum (struct drm_dp_aux *aux , u8
real_edid_checksum );

so it's a bool-returning function, takes two args, and it's giving "small but important" energy 🦋

🫶 ARGUMENTS 🫶

  • aux — the DisplayPort AUX channel 💖 this is the little side-channel your DP link uses to chat.
  • real_edid_checksum — the real EDID checksum for the last block 👑 it's a u8, it's the actual checksum, and it's for the last block, no cap.

⭐ RETURN ⭐

True on success 🎉 that's the whole return situation — true on success.

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

bestie this list is long and we are NOT skipping a single one of them, okay? every reference stays, periodt 💀 here's the whole squad:

ngl dp helpers(9) shows up twice in there and we kept both because we don't erase the source's choices 💅 icon behaviour honestly.

🧚 cute little sign-off 🧚

and that's the page!! this one lives in ./drivers/gpu/drm/display, dated October 2026, and it's page drm_dp_send_...did_checksum(9) of the Kernel API Manual 🌈 go send that real EDID checksum, bestie — you're gonna ate 💖✨🎀

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