mipi_dsi_dcs...ay_off_multi(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 mipi_dsi_dcs_set_display_off_multi — from the Kernel API Manual ✨

okay so bestie, welcome to the group chat. this page lives in the Kernel API Manual, and honestly? it's a little icon and we're gonna get into it 🎀

🌸 NAME 🌸

mipi_dsi_dcs_set_display_off_multi — send a DCS SET_DISPLAY_OFF packet, no cap 💖

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

void mipi_dsi_dcs_set_display_off_multi (struct mipi_dsi_multi_context
*ctx );

like, that's the whole signature. short and slay. 🔥

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

  • ctx — the Context for multiple DSI transactions. yes bestie, that's literally what the manpage says and it's giving "your whole backstage pass for a bunch of DSI calls at once" 🫶

💜 DESCRIPTION 💜

so here's the tea: this function is Like mipi_dsi_dcs_set_display_off — same energy, same display-off moment — but it deals with errors in a way that makes it convenient to make several calls in a row. 🌈

like, she's the version of the function who actually handles the messy bits for you so you can just keep stacking calls without the whole thing falling apart. main character behavior, honestly. 👑

ngl, that's all the manual gives us — no extra lore, no hidden flags, no secret sauce. what you see is what you get, fr fr. 💀

🧚 SEE ALSO 🧚

Kernel file ./drivers/gpu/drm/drm_mipi_dsi.c — yes, that's where the source lives, go be nosy bestie 👀

and here's the whole friend group, in the exact order the manpage introduced them:

like... that's a lot of siblings and every single one of them gets a mention. obsessed. 💅

🫶 cute little sign-off: this page comes from ./drivers/gpu/drm, dated October 2026, and it goes by mipi_dsi_dcs...ay_off_multi(9) when it's being fancy (the truncated name is just her government name, don't worry about it 😭). bye bestie, go turn some displays off responsibly ✨🍓
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