hdmi_vendor_infoframe_init(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💖 hdmi_vendor_infoframe_init(9) 💖

okay bestie, so this one lives in the Kernel API Manual and it's literally the glow-up ritual for an HDMI vendor infoframe. yes, that's the whole vibe. let's get into it 🎀

✨ NAME ✨

hdmi_vendor_infoframe_init — initialize an HDMI vendor infoframe. that's it, that's the whole job, and she does it beautifully 💅

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

int hdmi_vendor_infoframe_init(struct hdmi_vendor_infoframe *frame);

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

  • frame — the HDMI vendor infoframe you're setting up. this is your frame, bestie, hand her over and let the function do her thing ✨

💜 DESCRIPTION 💜

so here's the tea: it returns 0 on success, or a negative error code if things go sideways 😭 that's the entire contract. no cap, no extra lore.

like, if you get 0 back you're thriving, main character energy, the frame is initialized and you may proceed 🫶 if it's negative... okay so, something went wrong, read the error code and be normal about it 💀

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

this function has a whole friend group, and honestly? iconic. all of them live in the kernel file ./drivers/video/hdmi.c:

go read them. seriously. iykyk 🌈

ngl, if you're poking around in ./drivers/video at 2am debugging infoframes, you're doing amazing sweetie. drink some water 🍓

and that's the page!! this lil beauty is from the Kernel API Manual, sits in ./drivers/video, and was dated October 2026 — slay, periodt, bye bestie 👑💖

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