drm_dp_vsc_sdp_pack(9)

πŸ“¦ version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

πŸ’… drm_dp_vsc_sdp_pack(9) ✨

okay so bestie, this one's from the Kernel API Manual and it's honestly a little packing icon πŸŽ€ β€” it's the function that takes your VSC SDP and shoves it into a generic dp_sdp, no cap.


🌸 NAME 🌸

drm_dp_vsc_sdp_pack β€” pack a given vsc sdp into generic dp_sdp 🫢


⭐ SYNOPSIS ⭐

ssize_t drm_dp_vsc_sdp_pack (const struct drm_dp_vsc_sdp *vsc , struct
dp_sdp *sdp );

πŸ¦‹ ARGUMENTS πŸ¦‹

  • vsc β€” the vsc sdp, and listen: it has to be initialized according to its purpose as defined in table 2-118 – table 2-120 in the DP 1.4a specification. like, that's the vibe check it has to pass, iykyk πŸ“‹
  • sdp β€” a valid handle to the generic dp_sdp which will be packed. valid handle only, bestie, don't be out here handing it nonsense πŸ™ˆ

πŸ’œ DESCRIPTION πŸ’œ

Returns length of sdp on success and error code on failure. that's it, that's the whole tea β˜•βœ¨


πŸ”₯ SEE ALSO πŸ”₯

the whole dp helpers friend group showed up, fr fr β€” Kernel file ./drivers/gpu/drm/display/drm_dp_helper.c:


heads up bestie: vsc really does need to be initialized the way the spec says, per table 2-118 – table 2-120 in DP 1.4a β€” that's not me being dramatic, that's literally in the docs πŸ’€

🌈 that's the whole page!! sourced straight from ./drivers/gpu/drm/display, dated October 2026, and the call is literally just drm_dp_vsc_sdp_pack(9) β€” slay, go pack those sdp's, ily, bye πŸ§šπŸ’–πŸ‘‘

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