drm_fb_helper_unprepare(9)

✨ drm_fb_helper_unprepare(9) ✨

okay so bestie, this one's from the Kernel API Manual and it's literally the cleanup queen of the drm_fb_helper world 💅 she tears down what drm_fb_helper_prepare set up, and honestly? iconic behavior.

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

void drm_fb_helper_unprepare (struct drm_fb_helper *fb_helper );

no return value, no drama, just vibes and cleanup 🫶

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• fb_helper — the driver-allocated fbdev helper structure that was set up ✨ this is the one you're cleaning up, bestie, so pls make sure it's the right one 😭

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

So basically, drm_fb_helper_unprepare cleans up the framebuffer helper 🧹✨ It's the inverse of drm_fb_helper_prepare — like, whatever drm_fb_helper_prepare did, this undoes it. No cap. 🔥

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

Kernel file ./drivers/gpu/drm/drm_fb_helper.c — fbdev helpers(9), and the whole friend group:

• drm_fb_helper_restore_fbdev_mode_unlocked(9)
• drm_fb_helper_blank(9)
• drm_fb_helper_prepare(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)

that's the whole page, bestie — short, sweet, and she ate 💅✨ this one lives in ./drivers/gpu/drm and the docs are stamped October 2026 🌈 mwah, go clean up your helpers responsibly 😌💜