fb_videomode_to_modelist(9)

💅 fb_videomode_to_modelist(9) 💅

okay bestie, welcome to the kernel API manual ✨ this one's called fb_videomode_to_modelist and it lives in section 9 of the Kernel API Manual — yes we're in kernel land today, buckle up 🎀

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🌸 NAME 🌸

fb_videomode_to_modelist — convert mode array to mode list, that's literally the whole vibe 💖

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

void fb_videomode_to_modelist (const struct fb_videomode *modedb , int
num , struct list_head *head );

notice how it returns void? it's giving "I do the work and I don't need a receipt" energy ngl 🫶

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• modedb — the array of struct fb_videomode, i.e. the mode info you're handing over 🌈
• num — how many entries are in that array, count 'em, don't be shy 🔢
• head — the struct list_head of the modelist, the place where everything's gonna get linked up 🔗

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

the kernel file is right here bestie: ./drivers/video/fbdev/core/modedb.c — go read it, iykyk 📖

and the whole friend group of related calls, all of them, no gatekeeping:

• 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_find_nearest_mode(9)
• fb_match_mode(9)
• fb_add_videomode(9)
• fb_delete_videomode(9)
• fb_destroy_modelist(9)

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and that's the page, periodt 💅 this icon was brought to you by ./drivers/video/fbdev/core, dated October 2026, and stamped with fb_videomode_to_modelist(9) — slay, go convert those modes bestie 🦋✨💖