drm_fb_helper_blank(9)

🦋 drm_fb_helper_blank(9) 🦋

okay bestie, this one is straight outta the Kernel API Manual, and it's giving “tiny helper, big fbdev energy” — no cap. 💅

💖 NAME 💖

drm_fb_helper_blank — implementation for &fb_ops.fb_blank. like, that's literally the whole vibe: it's the implementation hook for &fb_ops.fb_blank. periodt. ✨

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

int drm_fb_helper_blank (int blank , struct fb_info *info );

🫶 ARGUMENTS 🫶

• blank — desired blanking state. the blankness vibe check, fr fr.
• info — fbdev registered by the helper. iconic little fbdev context, iykyk. 🦋

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

go read these too, bestie — they're all linked in the original and we keep every single one:

• Kernel file ./drivers/gpu/drm/drm_fb_helper.c
• fbdev helpers(9)
• drm_fb_helper_restore_fbdev_mode_unlocked(9)
• drm_fb_helper_prepare(9)
• drm_fb_helper_unprepare(9)
• drm_fb_helper_init(9)
• drm_fb_helper_unregister_info(9)
• drm_fb_helper_fini(9)
• drm_fb_helper_deferred_io(9)
• drm_fb_helper_set_suspend(9)
• drm_fb_helper_set_suspend_unlocked(9)
• drm_fb_helper_setcmap(9)
• drm_fb_helper_ioctl(9)
• drm_fb_helper_check_var(9)
• drm_fb_helper_set_par(9)
• drm_fb_helper_pan_display(9)
• drm_fb_helper_fill_info(9)
• drm_fb_helper_initial_config(9)
• drm_fb_helper_hotplug_event(9)
• drm_fb_helper_gem_is_fb(9)

mwah 💋 — source/version: ./drivers/gpu/drm, date: October 2026, and yes the page title is drm_fb_helper_blank(9), bestie. bye! ✨