fimc_get_sensor_frame_desc(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

🎀 fimc_get_sensor_frame_desc(9) 🎀

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual — yes we're in the kernel API manual era now, and honestly? iconic. this one's a little function with a big job, and i'm gonna walk you through it like we're texting at 1am 💖

✨ NAME ✨

fimc_get_sensor_frame_desc — literally just querying the sensor for its media bus frame parameters, no cap 🌸

🌈 SYNOPSIS 🌈

int fimc_get_sensor_frame_desc (struct v4l2_subdev *sensor , struct
v4l2_plane_pix_format *plane_fmt , unsigned int num_planes , bool try );

that's the whole flex. int going in, int coming out, four args in the middle 🫶

💅 ARGUMENTS 💅

  • sensor — pointer to the sensor subdev. like, the actual sensor bestie. you gotta tell her who she is 🦋
  • plane_fmt — provides plane sizes corresponding to the frame layout entries. she's carrying the measurements, the receipts, the whole layout 📐✨
  • num_planes — number of planes. count 'em, don't guess 💜
  • try — true to set the frame parameters, false to query only. try is genuinely the name of the vibe here — one mode commits, one mode just peeks 👀

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

so this function is used by this driver only for compressed/blob data formats. that's it, that's the whole description. she's niche, she's specialized, she's not for everyone and honestly that's main character energy 👑

fr fr though — only for compressed/blob data formats. don't be out here calling her for stuff she doesn't handle 🙈

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

the whole friend group, assembled 🫶✨

and that's the page!! 💅 ok so sign-off time: this absolute gem lives over at ./drivers/media/platform/samsu... (yes she's truncated in the source line, respectfully), dated October 2026, straight out of the Kernel API Manual. go forth and query your sensors responsibly, bestie 😭💖🎀

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