drm_panel_bridge_add_typed(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 drm_panel_bridge_add_typed(9)

okay bestie, so this is a page from the Kernel API Manual — yes, the Kernel API Manual, we're in the big leagues now — and it's all about drm_panel_bridge_add_typed, a function that creates a &drm_bridge and a &drm_connector and lets you be super explicit about the connector type. Type A behavior, honestly. 🎀

✨ NAME ✨

drm_panel_bridge_add_typed — creates a &drm_bridge and &drm_connector with an explicit connector type.

Like, you're not letting anybody guess your vibe today. You're declaring it. 👑

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

struct drm_bridge * drm_panel_bridge_add_typed (struct drm_panel *panel
, u32 connector_type );

that's the whole incantation, go off 🔥

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

  • panel — the drm_panel being wrapped. Must be non-NULL — no cap, that's a hard requirement, don't come at it with NULL and expect magic 💀
  • connector_type — the connector type, and it's a DRM_MODE_CONNECTOR_* situation, so pick your fave from that family ✨

💜 DESCRIPTION 💜

okay so here's the tea: this function is just like drm_panel_bridge_add, except it forces the connector type to be connector_type instead of infering it from the panel. Same energy, but you get to be the main character and choose. 🫶

⚠️ important, bestie, read this twice: this function is deprecated and should not be used in new drivers. periodt. Use drm_panel_bridge_add instead, and fix panel drivers as necessary if they don't report a connector type. your future self will thank you 😭

so like… it works, it's iconic in a vintage way, but we're moving on as a community. lowkey tragic but highkey correct. 💅

🧚 SEE ALSO 🧚

the whole friend group, in the kernel file ./drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/panel.c:

and that's the whole page, bestie 💖 this little gem lives at ./drivers/gpu/drm/bridge, and it's stamped October 2026 — so like, from the future, kinda iconic of it. go forth and use drm_panel_bridge_add instead, iykyk 🌈⭐

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