is_link_rate_valid(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

okay so bestie, welcome to the tiniest little kernel vibe check: is_link_rate_valid. The manual name is literally Kernel API Manual, and this page is about validating the link rate. no cap, it's giving short and iconic. ✨

✨ NAME ✨

is_link_rate_valid — validates the link rate. that's the whole assignment, and it ate. 💅

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

bool is_link_rate_valid (u32 bw_code );

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

  • bw_code — the link rate requested by the sink. that's the one and only argument, bestie, and yes u need it. 🫶

🌸 RETURN 🌸

You get back true if the requested link rate is supported. that's the vibe check result, periodt. ✅

💅 SEE ALSO 💅

  • Kernel file ./drivers/gpu/drm/msm/dp/dp_panel.h — go peek, iykyk. 👀
  • is_lane_count_valid(9) — the sibling function in the see-also section, slay. 🌈

mwah 💋 catch u later — this little page comes from ./drivers/gpu/drm/msm/dp, dated October 2026, and it's called is_link_rate_valid(9). no cap, that's the sign-off. 🫶💖

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