mipi_dsi_dc...page_address(9)

💅 mipi_dsi_dcs_set_page_address 💅

okay bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual — yes that Kernel API Manual, the one with all the DRM/D氢SI lore 🫶. The page header is lowkey truncating the name as mipi_dsi_dc...page_address(9) because apparently man page titles have a character budget too 😭, but the actual function is the one and only mipi_dsi_dcs_set_page_address. Let's get into it ✨

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🌸 NAME 🌸

mipi_dsi_dcs_set_page_address — define the page extent of the frame memory accessed by the host processor 🎀

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

int mipi_dsi_dcs_set_page_address(struct mipi_dsi_device *dsi, u16 start, u16 end);

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✨ ARGUMENTS ✨

• dsi — the DSI peripheral device 💜 (your little display bestie you're talking to)
• start — first page of frame memory 🌸
• end — last page of frame memory 🌸

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🎀 DESCRIPTION 🎀

sooooo about this one… this function is deprecated 🙈. Not me delivering bad news, but fr fr, don't start anything new with it. Use mipi_dsi_dcs_set_page_address_multi instead — that's the upgraded icon, the main character, the one you should be obsessed with 👑.

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💖 RETURN 💖

Returns 0 on success ✨ or a negative error code on failure 😭.

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

literally the whole friend group 💅 — go say hi to:

• Kernel file ./drivers/gpu/drm/drm_mipi_dsi.c
• dsi helpers(9)
• of_find_mipi_dsi_device_by_node(9)
• mipi_dsi_device_register_full(9)
• mipi_dsi_device_unregister(9)
• devm_mipi_dsi_device_register_full(9)
• of_find_mipi_dsi_host_by_node(9)
• mipi_dsi_attach(9)
• mipi_dsi_detach(9)
• devm_mipi_dsi_attach(9)
• mipi_dsi_packet_format_is_short(9)
• mipi_dsi_packet_format_is_long(9)
• mipi_dsi_create_packet(9)
• mipi_dsi_shutdown_peripheral(9)
• mipi_dsi_turn_on_peripheral(9)
• mipi_dsi_compression_mode_ext(9)
• mipi_dsi_compression_mode(9)
• mipi_dsi_picture_parameter_set(9)
• mipi_dsi_generic_write(9)
• mipi_dsi_generic_write_multi(9)
• mipi_dsi_dual_generic_write_multi(9)
• mipi_dsi_generic_read(9)
• drm_mipi_dsi_get_input_bus_fmt(9)
• mipi_dsi_dcs_write_buffer(9)
• mipi_dsi_dcs_write_buffer_chatty(9)
• mipi_dsi_dcs_write_buffer_multi(9)
• mipi_dsi_dual_dcs_write_buffer_multi(9)
• mipi_dsi_dcs_write(9)
• mipi_dsi_dcs_read(9)
• mipi_dsi_dcs_read_multi(9)
• mipi_dsi_dcs_nop(9)
• mipi_dsi_dcs_soft_reset(9)
• mipi_dsi_dcs_get_power_mode(9)
• mipi_dsi_dcs_get_pixel_format(9)
• mipi_dsi_dcs_enter_sleep_mode(9)
• mipi_dsi_dcs_exit_sleep_mode(9)
• mipi_dsi_dcs_set_display_off(9)
• mipi_dsi_dcs_set_display_on(9)
• mipi_dsi_dcs_set_column_address(9)
• mipi_dsi_dcs_set_tear_on(9)
• mipi_dsi_dcs_set_pixel_format(9)
• mipi_dsi_dcs_set_tear_scanline(9)
• mipi_dsi_dcs_set_display_brightness(9)
• mipi_dsi_dcs_get_display_brightness(9)
• mipi_dsi_dcs_set_display_brightness_large(9)
• mipi_dsi_dcs_get_display_brightness_large(9)
• mipi_dsi_picture_parameter_set_multi(9)
• mipi_dsi_compression_mode_ext_multi(9)
• mipi_dsi_compression_mode_multi(9)
• mipi_dsi_dcs_nop_multi(9)
• mipi_dsi_dcs_enter_sleep_mode_multi(9)
• mipi_dsi_dcs_exit_sleep_mode_multi(9)
• mipi_dsi_dcs_set_display_off_multi(9)
• mipi_dsi_dcs_set_display_on_multi(9)
• mipi_dsi_dcs_set_tear_on_multi(9)
• mipi_dsi_turn_on_peripheral_multi(9)
• mipi_dsi_dcs_set_tear_off_multi(9)
• mipi_dsi_dcs_soft_reset_multi(9)
• mipi_dsi_dcs_set_display_brightness_multi(9)
• mipi_dsi_dcs_set_pixel_format_multi(9)
• mipi_dsi_dcs_set_column_address_multi(9)
• mipi_dsi_dcs_set_page_address_multi(9)
• mipi_dsi_dcs_set_tear_scanline_multi(9)
• mipi_dsi_shutdown_peripheral_multi(9)
• mipi_dsi_driver_register_full(9)
• mipi_dsi_driver_unregister(9)

like, that's the whole squad, no cap 🔥

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💀 friendly reminder bestie: this one's deprecated. Deprecated means it's still here, still works, but the kernel devs are gently side-eyeing you if you use it. Go with mipi_dsi_dcs_set_page_address_multi — trust 🫶

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and that's the page! 🌟 it lives over in ./drivers/gpu/drm, dated October 2026, and it was giving very much "Kernel API Manual" energy from start to finish 🎀💖 slay, go read some source code, ily ✨