drm_panel_disable(9)

💅 drm_panel_disable(9) 💅

okay bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual page for drm_panel_disable(9) — it’s giving “turn the panel off” energy, and we’re gonna walk through it together. 🫶

✨ NAME ✨

drm_panel_disable — disable a panel 🎀

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

void drm_panel_disable (struct drm_panel *panel );

💖 ARGUMENTS 💖

• panel — DRM panel. that’s the whole argument, bestie. 💅

🔥 DESCRIPTION 🔥

okay so here’s the tea: this will typically turn off the panel’s backlight, or it disables the display drivers. for smart panels, it should still be possible to communicate with the integrated circuitry via any command bus after this call. no cap. ✨

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

Kernel file: ./drivers/gpu/drm/drm_panel.c

• drm panel(9)
• drm_panel_init(9)
• drm_panel_add(9)
• drm_panel_remove(9)
• devm_drm_panel_add(9)
• drm_panel_prepare(9)
• drm_panel_unprepare(9)
• drm_panel_enable(9)
• drm_panel_get_modes(9)
• drm_panel_get(9)
• drm_panel_put(9)
• drm_panel_put_void(9)
• of_drm_find_panel(9)
• drm_is_panel_follower(9)
• drm_panel_add_follower(9)
• drm_panel_remove_follower(9)
• devm_drm_panel_add_follower(9)
• drm_panel_of_backlight(9)

and that’s the whole page, bestie 💖 source/version: ./drivers/gpu/drm; date: October 2026. periodt. 🌈