intel_dp_lin...ax_bw_config(9)

💅 intel_dp_lin...ax_bw_config(9) — like, the Kernel API Manual page, bestie 💅

okay so this is a page from the Kernel API Manual and the star of the show is intel_dp_link_caps_get_max_bw_config(9) — yes the title gets truncated in the header, that's just how it's living, we don't judge 💖

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✨ NAME ✨

intel_dp_link_caps_get_max_bw_config — get maximum BW link configuration 🎀

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

void intel_dp_link_caps_get_max_bw_config (struct intel_dp_link_caps
*link_caps , struct intel_dp_link_config *max_config );

she's a void function, she takes two struct pointers, she's doing her thing 💅

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🌸 ARGUMENTS 🌸

• link_caps — the link capabilities state, like, the current vibe of your link's capabilities 🫶
• max_config — the returned maximum link configuration — this is where the answer lands, no cap ✨

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💜 DESCRIPTION 💜

okay so what she does is: she returns the maximum BW link configuration among the currently allowed configurations. that's it, that's the whole gig. maximum bandwidth, but only from the configs you're actually allowed to use rn 👑

it's giving "find the best one that's legal" and honestly? iconic 🔥

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

• Kernel file ./drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_dp_link_caps.c 📁
• DisplayPort link capabilities(9)
• intel_dp_link_caps_get_max_config(9)
• intel_dp_link_caps_disable_config(9)
• intel_dp_link_caps_get_max_limits(9)
• intel_dp_link_caps_set_max_limits(9)
• intel_dp_link_caps_reset_max_limits(9)
• intel_dp_link_caps_update(9)
• intel_dp_link_caps_reset(9)
• intel_dp_link_caps_debugfs_add(9)

the whole link_caps friend group fr fr, go read them all 🌈

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ngl this one's a short page, but short pages still ate. every single one of those SEE ALSO refs is real, don't skip them just because there's a lot 🍓

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and that's a wrap, bestie 🧚 this page lives in ./drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display, dated October 2026, and the footer spells the function name as intel_dp_lin...ax_bw_config(9) because the title got cut off mid-word and we're just gonna let her have that 💀💖 mwah, go slay some link configs ✨🌸