hdmi_drm_infoframe_unpack(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💖 hdmi_drm_infoframe_unpack — like, the Kernel API Manual page, bestie ✨

okay so welcome to the hdmi_drm_infoframe_unpack(9) glow-up, straight out of the Kernel API Manual 🎀 no cap, this is the page you want when you're out here unpacking binary buffers into HDMI DRM infoframes. iykyk 💅

✨ NAME ✨

hdmi_drm_infoframe_unpack — unpack binary buffer to a HDMI DRM infoframe 🦋

literally that. the whole personality. unpacking. into a DRM infoframe. slay.

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

int hdmi_drm_infoframe_unpack (struct hdmi_drm_infoframe *frame , const
void *buffer , size_t size );

🫶 ARGUMENTS 🫶

  • frame — the HDMI DRM infoframe 💖 this is the structured baddie the whole thing is gonna fill up.
  • buffer — the source buffer 🌈 it's where the raw bytes live.
  • size — size of buffer ⭐ yes bestie, it needs to know how big it is, don't leave it guessing.

👑 DESCRIPTION 👑

okay so here's the tea 🍓: this function unpacks the CTA-861-G DRM infoframe that's contained in the binary buffer, and it drops it into a structured frame of the HDMI Dynamic Range and Mastering (DRM) infoframe. main character energy fr fr 💜

and that's not all — it also verifies the checksum as required by section 5.3.5 of the HDMI 1.4 specification ✨ like it's thorough, it's responsible, it's giving valedictorian 🎓

Returns 0 on success or a negative error code on failure 💀 so like, check the return value, bestie, don't just vibe past it.

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

the whole friend group 🫶 — Kernel file ./drivers/video/hdmi.c and everyone it runs with:

and that's the whole page, periodt 💅 this lil number lives over in ./drivers/video and it's dated October 2026 — so yeah, fresh off the press, timestamped and everything ⭐ mwah 🎀 💖

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