fimc_pipeline_try_format(9)

✨ fimc_pipeline_try_format(9) ✨

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual 💅 this is the page for fimc_pipeline_try_format and honestly it does exactly what it says on the tin: it negotiates and/or sets formats at pipeline elements 🎀 like, the whole glow-up happens at the subdev level, no cap.

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🌸 NAME 🌸

fimc_pipeline_try_format — negotiate and/or set formats at pipeline elements ✨

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

int fimc_pipeline_try_format (struct fimc_ctx *ctx , struct
v4l2_mbus_framefmt *tfmt , const struct fimc_fmt **fmt_id , bool set );

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💖 ARGUMENTS 💖

• ctx — the FIMC capture context 🫶 like, the main character of this whole operation.
• tfmt — the media bus format you want to try/set on the subdevs. this is the format in question, bestie.
• fmt_id — the fimc pixel format id that corresponds to the returned tfmt. it's an output, so it gets filled in for you on the way out 👑.
• set — true to actually set the format on the subdevs, false to try only. yes queen, you get to choose 😌.

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• the kernel file ./drivers/media/platform/samsung/exynos4-is/fimc-capture.c
• fimc_capture_config_update(9)
• fimc_get_sensor_frame_desc(9)
• fimc_pipeline_validate(9)
• fimc_sensor_notify(9)

go read those too, they're literally the friend group 🧚💜

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ngl this one's short and sweet — but every argument counts, so don't skip fmt_id being an output or the set flag. try-only vs actually-set is a whole vibe difference 💀

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okay that's the whole page!! it's from that file path that starts ./drivers/media/platform/samsu... and it was dated October 2026, so yeah — slay, bye, drink some water 🍓💅🫶