drm_plane_helper_add(9)

💖 NAME — drm_plane_helper_add(9) 💖

okay so bestie, meet drm_plane_helper_add(9) from the Kernel API Manual. Its whole personality is sets the helper vtable for a plane. That’s it, that’s the vibe — no side quests, no drama. You show up with the plane and the funcs, and the helper vtable gets set. periodt.

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

void drm_plane_helper_add (struct drm_plane *plane , const struct drm_plane_helper_funcs *funcs );

It’s void, so there’s literally no return value to obsess over. The main character energy is entirely in the arguments, iykyk.

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• plane — a DRM plane. That’s the plane getting the helper-vtable treatment.
• funcs — the helper vtable to set for plane. Hand it over and let it slay.

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

• Kernel file ./include/drm/drm_modeset_helper_vtables.h overview(9)
• struct drm_crtc_helper_funcs(9)
• drm_crtc_helper_add(9)
• struct drm_encoder_helper_funcs(9)
• drm_encoder_helper_add(9)
• struct drm_connector_helper_funcs(9)
• drm_connector_helper_add(9)
• struct drm_plane_helper_funcs(9)
• struct drm_mode_config_helper_funcs(9)

xoxo, your ./include/drm bestie 💅 — October 2026 edition. mwah! 🎀💖