hgsmi_get_mode_hints(9)

🎀 hgsmi_get_mode_hints(9) 🎀

okay so this is a page from the Kernel API Manual bestie, and it's literally about grabbing the most recent video mode hints 💅 like the freshest gossip but for display modes, iykyk.

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✨ NAME ✨

hgsmi_get_mode_hints — get most recent video mode hints 🖥️✨

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

int hgsmi_get_mode_hints (struct gen_pool *ctx , unsigned int screens ,
       struct vbva_modehint *hints );

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• ctx — the context containing the heap to use 👑 like, this is the whole vibe, the memory situation you're working with.
• screens — the number of screens to query hints for, starting at 0 🙈 so yeah, zero-indexed, keep that in mind bestie.
• hints — array of vbva_modehint structures for receiving the hints 💖 this is where the answers land, it's giving drop-off point energy.

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⭐ RETURN ⭐

0 or negative errno value 🫶 so like, zero means slay, negative means something went off and you gotta go check that errno.

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• Kernel file ./drivers/gpu/drm/vboxvideo/modesetting.c 📁
• hgsmi_process_display_info(9)
• hgsmi_update_input_mapping(9)

these are the sister functions, go read them too, they're iconic in their own right 💅

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💀 reminder: negative return values are a negative errno value, not just "vibes are off" — go look it up properly!

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and that's the whole page bestie, no cap 🧚 this one lives in ./drivers/gpu/drm/vboxvideo, dated October 2026 — catch you in the next release, periodt 💜🍓