drm_mipi_dsi...nput_bus_fmt(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 drm_mipi_dsi_get_input_bus_fmt 💅

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual ✨ this one's a little function from the DRM/MIPI DSI world and honestly it's lowkey iconic — it just tells you which pixel format your DSI host is gonna want fed into it. let's get into it 🎀

🌸 NAME 🌸

drm_mipi_dsi_get_input_bus_fmt — get the required MEDIA_BUS_FMT_* based input pixel format for a given DSI output pixel format 💖

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

u32 drm_mipi_dsi_get_input_bus_fmt (enum mipi_dsi_pixel_format
dsi_format );

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

  • dsi_format — the pixel format that a DSI host needs to output, aka the vibe the host is serving on the way out 🌈

💀 DESCRIPTION 💀

so like, various DSI hosts can use this function during their drm_bridge_funcs.atomic_get_input_bus_fmts operation to ascertain the MEDIA_BUS_FMT_* pixel format required as input. no cap — that's literally the whole job. it's the little translator that tells you what to feed in based on what's coming out 🫶

⭐ RETURN ⭐

a 32-bit MEDIA_BUS_FMT_* value on success, or 0 in case of failure. slay when it works, 💀 when it doesn't.

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

Kernel file ./drivers/gpu/drm/drm_mipi_dsi.c — and here's the whole bestie squad, fr fr, every single one:

and that's the whole thing, bestie, you ate 💅✨ mwah 🫶 — this cutie lives in ./drivers/gpu/drm and the page is dated October 2026, so like, see you then ig 🎀💖🌸

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