ffb_blank(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 ffb_blank(9) — a whole mood, from the Kernel API Manual

okay so bestie, welcome to ffb_blank(9) — yes that's the section 9 kernel API manual, we're in the deep end today and you're gonna slay it 🫶

✨ NAME ✨

ffb_blank — it's an Optional function, and what it does is, it blanks the display. that's it, that's the whole vibe. display goes blank. iconic behaviour, no notes 💅

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

int ffb_blank (int blank , struct fb_info *info );

like, look at her. returns an int, takes two args, living her best life ✨

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

  • blank — the blank mode we want. that's it, that's the whole parameter, it's giving "just tell me which blank mode" 🦋
  • info — the frame buffer structure that represents a single frame buffer. one struct, one frame buffer, very main character energy 👑

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

the kernel file ./drivers/video/fbdev/ffb.c is where all this lives, and honestly you should go read her friends too, they're all linked up:

like the whole ffb friend group, fr fr 💖

ngl there's not a ton here — this one's a short page — but every detail counts and we got 'em all, no cap 🌈

and that's the page bestie!! this beauty lives in ./drivers/video/fbdev, it's dated October 2026, and it came straight out of the Kernel API Manual — go off, ffb_blank(9), you absolute legend 🧚💜⭐

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