drm_mode_create(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💖 drm_mode_create(9) — like, the Kernel API Manual page, bestie 💖

okay so welcome to the drm_mode_create(9) glow-up ✨ this is straight out of the Kernel API Manual and it's literally your cheat sheet for making a brand-new display mode. no cap, it's short, it's sweet, and it slays 🎀

🌸 NAME 🌸

drm_mode_create — create a new display mode 🖥️✨

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

struct drm_display_mode * drm_mode_create (struct drm_device *dev );

💅 ARGUMENTS 💅

  • dev — the DRM device, aka the whole reason we're here 🫶

🌈 DESCRIPTION 🌈

okay so here's the vibe: this function creates a new, cleared drm_display_mode using kzalloc, allocates an ID for it, and hands it right back to you 🎁✨

that's it. that's the whole function. iconic behaviour, honestly 👑

⭐ RETURN ⭐

  • Pointer to the new mode on success 💖
  • NULL on error 😭

🧚 SEE ALSO 🧚

Kernel file ./drivers/gpu/drm/drm_modes.c — go read the source, iykyk 📖

and like, the whole friend group of mode-related functions, fr fr:

and that's the whole page, bestie 🫶 this one lives over in ./drivers/gpu/drm and it's dated October 2026 — the Kernel API Manual said so, so it's canon 💜 mwah, go create some modes 💅✨

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