ENUM DRM_PRIVACY_SCREEN_STATUS(9)

💅 enum drm_privacy_screen_status(9) — the Kernel API Manual, but make it cute

okay so bestie, we're in the Kernel API Manual today and the main character is enum drm_privacy_screen_status — literally the privacy screen status enum. yes, the little "can people peek at my screen" switch on some panels. it's giving corporate confidentiality energy and honestly? obsessed. 🎀

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✨ NAME ✨

enum drm_privacy_screen_status — privacy screen status. that's it, that's the whole name. short, sweet, iconic. 👑

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

here's the whole enum, verbatim, do not touch, do not edit, do not "clean it up" bestie i'm serious:

enum drm_privacy_screen_status {
    PRIVACY_SCREEN_DISABLED ,
    PRIVACY_SCREEN_ENABLED ,
    PRIVACY_SCREEN_DISABLED_LOCKED ,
    PRIVACY_SCREEN_ENABLED_LOCKED

};

four constants, one enum, zero notes. slay. 🦋

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🫶 Constants 🫶

the four moods of your privacy screen, ranked by how much they want to be touched:

• PRIVACY_SCREEN_DISABLED — the privacy-screen on the panel is disabled. screen is out there, wide open, everyone can read your texts. 💀
• PRIVACY_SCREEN_ENABLED — the privacy-screen on the panel is enabled. side-eye protection activated, nobody's reading over your shoulder. 🔥
• PRIVACY_SCREEN_DISABLED_LOCKED — the privacy-screen on the panel is disabled and locked (cannot be changed). so it's off AND nobody can turn it on. the vibes are immovable, fr fr. 😭
• PRIVACY_SCREEN_ENABLED_LOCKED — the privacy-screen on the panel is enabled and locked (cannot be changed). on forever, no take-backs, main character energy with a padlock. 🔒

lowkey important: those _LOCKED values only count for the "privacy-screen hw-state" property. they are not valid for "privacy-screen sw-state". iykyk, don't mix them up. ⭐

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💖 Description 💖

so this enum is the whole tracking-and-controlling system for the integrated privacy screen that's built into some display panels. you drive it through two properties:

• "privacy-screen sw-state"
• "privacy-screen hw-state"

and again, because it matters: the _LOCKED enum values are only valid for the "privacy-screen hw-state" property. periodt. 💅

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🧚 SEE ALSO 🧚

go read these next, bestie, the rabbit hole is deep and it's all in the kernel file ./include/drm/drm_connector.h:

enum drm_connector_status(9), enum drm_connector_registration_state(9), enum drm_connector_tv_mode(9), struct drm_scrambling(9), struct drm_hdmi_dsc_cap(9), struct drm_hdmi_info(9), enum drm_link_status(9), enum drm_panel_orientation(9), enum drm_hdmi_broadcast_rgb(9), struct drm_monitor_range_info(9), struct drm_luminance_range_info(9), enum drm_colorspace(9), enum drm_output_color_format(9), enum drm_connector_color_format(9), enum drm_bus_flags(9), struct drm_amd_vsdb_info(9), struct drm_display_info(9), struct drm_connector_tv_margins(9), struct drm_tv_connector_state(9), struct drm_connector_hdmi_infoframe(9), struct drm_connector_state(9), struct drm_connector_cec_funcs(9), struct drm_connector_infoframe_funcs(9), struct drm_connector_hdmi_funcs(9), struct drm_connector_funcs(9), struct drm_cmdline_mode(9), struct drm_connector_hdmi_audio(9), struct drm_connector_cec(9), struct drm_connector(9), drm_connector_lookup(9), drm_connector_get(9), drm_connector_put(9), drm_connector_is_unregistered(9), struct drm_tile_group(9), struct drm_connector_list_iter(9), drm_for_each_connector_iter(9), drm_connector_for_each_possible_encoder(9)

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and that's the page!! 💜 it lives under ./include/drm, dated October 2026, and it's filed as enum drm_pri...creen_status(9) — yes the title got truncated, no we're not fixing it, it's camp. bye bestie, go lock a privacy screen for me 🌈✨