drm_encoder_find(9)

💖 drm_encoder_find(9) 💖

okay so bestie, this is a page from the Kernel API Manual, and it's giving very “where is my encoder” main character energy. no cap, it's a tiny one, but we're gonna treat it with the respect it deserves. ✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

drm_encoder_find — find a &drm_encoder

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

struct drm_encoder * drm_encoder_find (struct drm_device *dev , struct
       drm_file *file_priv , uint32_t id );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• dev — DRM device. literally the DRM device, bestie.
• file_priv — drm file to check for lease against. yes, that's the whole vibe.
• id — encoder id. the id of the encoder. iconic.

💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

Returns the encoder with id, NULL if it doesn't exist. Simple wrapper around drm_mode_object_find.

so like, if the encoder with that id is there, you get it. if it's not there? boom, NULL. and the whole thing is just a simple wrapper around drm_mode_object_find. periodt. 💀

no cap: that's genuinely the entire description. short, sweet, and lowkey slaying.

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

Kernel file ./include/drm/drm_encoder.h

• struct drm_encoder_funcs(9)
• struct drm_encoder(9)
• drmm_encoder_alloc(9)
• drmm_plain_encoder_alloc(9)
• drm_encoder_index(9)
• drm_encoder_mask(9)
• drm_encoder_crtc_ok(9)
• drm_for_each_encoder_mask(9)
• drm_for_each_encoder(9)

and that's the tea 🫶 — this page is from source/version ./include/drm, dated October 2026, and drm_encoder_find(9) is literally signing off. 💖