drm_mode_cre...n_properties(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 drm_mode_create_tv_margin_properties(9) — Kernel API Manual 🎀

okay so bestie, we're in the Kernel API Manual today and the star of the show is drm_mode_create_tv_margin_properties(9) — say that five times fast, i literally dare you 💀. anyway she's iconic, she's niche, she makes TV margins exist, let's get into it ✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

drm_mode_create_tv_margin_properties — create TV connector margin properties 🫶

like. the whole job. creating margin properties for TV connectors. no cap.

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

int drm_mode_create_tv_margin_properties (struct drm_device *dev );

that's her signature. that's the whole vibe. int in, int out, one struct drm_device *dev and we're done 💅

🍓 ARGUMENTS 🍓

  • dev — the DRM device 💖 that's it. that's the whole argument list. the DRM device in question, the main character of this operation 👑

✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

okay so picture this: a driver's HDMI connector initialization routine is doing its little routine (as one does), and it calls this function to create the TV margin properties for a given device 🎀 that's literally the whole thing, and honestly? she ate.

but here's the part where you need to pay attention bestie, because this is a do not do the extra work situation:

no need to call this function for an SDTV connector 🙈 it's already called from drm_mode_create_tv_properties_legacy 💖 so like, it's handled. it's giving "someone already brought a gift to the party, don't show up with a second one." don't double-dip. don't be that driver. 🌈

⭐ RETURN ⭐

  • 0 on success 🥳 slay
  • a negative error code on failure 😭 not slay, but at least you'll know

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

okay this list is long long, but i refuse to leave a single one of these out because every single one of them is somebody's fave. buckle up buttercup, we're going on a tour 💜

iykyk 💅 (and yes, standard connector properties(9) really does show up twice in there — we don't gatekeep, we don't edit, we list. periodt. 👑)

and that's the page, bestie 🧚💖 this little angel lives over in ./drivers/gpu/drm, dated October 2026, and she goes by drm_mode_cre...n_properties(9) when she's being fancy at the top of the page 🎀 go forth and create those margins, and remember: not for SDTV, it's already handled 🌸🫶

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