fb_find_nearest_mode(9)

okay so bestie, welcome to fb_find_nearest_mode(9) — yes, the Kernel API Manual one 🫶. We're finding the closest videomode and honestly the vibes are immaculate ✨💖.

✨ NAME ✨

fb_find_nearest_mode — find closest videomode 🎯

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

const struct fb_videomode * fb_find_nearest_mode (const struct
fb_videomode *mode , struct list_head *head );

🌸 ARGUMENTS 🌸

• mode — pointer to struct fb_videomode 🦋
• head — pointer to modelist 🌈

💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

okay so it finds the best matching videomode, smaller or greater in dimension — both directions are valid, bestie 🔥. If more than 1 videomode is found, it will return the videomode with the closest refresh rate. That's the tiebreaker, periodt 💖.

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

the whole squad is here, no cap 😭👯:

• Kernel file: ./drivers/video/fbdev/core/modedb.c 📁
• fb_try_mode(9)
• fb_find_mode(9)
• fb_var_to_videomode(9)
• fb_videomode_to_var(9)
• fb_mode_is_equal(9)
• fb_find_best_mode(9)
• fb_match_mode(9)
• fb_add_videomode(9)
• fb_delete_videomode(9)
• fb_destroy_modelist(9)
• fb_videomode_to_modelist(9)

with love from the source/version ./drivers/video/fbdev/core 🌸, dated October 2026 🎀, and this has been your fb_find_nearest_mode(9) page 👑💖