i810_hires(9)
π i810_hires β the "bestie, turn on high res" page π
okay so real talk, this is a page straight out of the Kernel API Manual β section 9, the kernel-internals zone, iykyk π§ It's called i810_hires and its whole personality is: it turns on high resolution mode. That's it. That's the vibe. β¨
πΈ NAME πΈ
i810_hires β enables high resolution mode π
like, the function name literally tells you what it does, no cap. it enables high resolution mode. iconic behaviour, honestly.
β¨ SYNOPSIS β¨
void i810_hires (u8 __iomem *mmio );
notice the void bestie β this one does the thing and dips, it does not hand you a return value back. π«Ά
π ARGUMENTS π
mmioβ address of register space π¦ lowkey the most important address in the room, it's the spot where all the registers live.
fyi there's exactly one argument on this whole page, so like... memorise it, it's free π
π₯ SEE ALSO π₯
the kernel file in question is ./drivers/video/fbdev/i810/i810_main.c β that's the main character file right there π and it's hanging out with the entire i810 squad π:
i810_screen_off(9)i810_dram_off(9)i810_protect_regs(9)i810_load_pll(9)i810_load_vga(9)i810_load_vgax(9)i810_load_2d(9)i810_load_pitch(9)i810_load_color(9)i810_load_regs(9)get_line_length(9)i810_calc_dclk(9)i810_enable_cursor(9)i810_init_cursor(9)i810_round_off(9)set_color_bitfields(9)i810_check_params(9)encode_fix(9)decode_var(9)i810fb_getcolreg(9)i810_init_monspecs(9)i810_init_defaults(9)i810_init_device(9)
yeah that's twenty-three (23) whole friends, it's giving family reunion π go read them too, they're all right there in the same directory, iykyk πΈ
π« okay bye bestie, go enable some high resolution π«
this gem lives at ./drivers/video/fbdev/i810, and it was last touched in October 2026 β mwah, so fresh ππ
π¦ where this page comes from
- nixpkgs unstable: linux-manual 7.3.1
- π girlified by deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-1017 on : a language model's rewrite of the original, under its terms