intel_fb_pla...et_modifiers(9)

πŸ“¦ version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

πŸ’… intel_fb_pla...et_modifiers(9)

okay bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual page for intel_fb_pla...et_modifiers(9) β€” yes the title is truncated like that, no I did not do it, it's just how it's printed, and honestly? iconic of the manpage renderer to give us a cliffhanger πŸŽ€


✨ NAME ✨

intel_fb_plane_get_modifiers β€” the way this function just gets the modifiers for the given platform and plane capabilities. slay.


🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

u64 * intel_fb_plane_get_modifiers (struct intel_display *display , u8 plane_caps );

πŸ¦‹ ARGUMENTS πŸ¦‹

  • display β€” the display instance, your main character 🫢
  • plane_caps β€” the capabilities for the plane that the modifiers are being queried for

⭐ RETURN ⭐

It returns the list of modifiers allowed by the display platform and plane_caps. easy enough, right?

πŸ’€ BESTIE LISTEN TO ME: the caller must free the returned buffer. it's giving "you break it, you bought it". no cap, free your memory.

🧚 SEE ALSO 🧚

the kernel file lives right here: ./drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_fb.c

and the whole friend group shows up too, periodt:


🌈 and that's the whole page, bestie!! source is ./drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display, dated October 2026 β€” go free that buffer now, ily, bye πŸ’œ

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