mipi_dsi_dc...pixel_format(9)

💅 mipi_dsi_dcs_set_pixel_format(9) — from the Kernel API Manual, bestie

Okay so this page lives in the Kernel API Manual and it's called mipi_dsi_dc...pixel_format(9) in the header because apparently the man page name got tired halfway through typing. Anyway. Sit down, grab a strawberry drink 🍓, we're talking about mipi_dsi_dcs_set_pixel_format.

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✨ NAME ✨

mipi_dsi_dcs_set_pixel_format — the function that sets the pixel format for the RGB image data used by the interface. That's it. That's the whole vibe. 🎀

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

int mipi_dsi_dcs_set_pixel_format (struct mipi_dsi_device *dsi , u8 format );

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🌸 ARGUMENTS 🌸

• dsi — the DSI peripheral device. Your display's little handle, the thing you're talking to.
• format — the pixel format. A u8. Yes bestie, just a tiny byte deciding how your colors get laid out. 👑

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💀 DESCRIPTION 💀

Lowkey the most important thing on this whole page: this function is deprecated. Not me being dramatic, it's literally in the docs. 😭

Use mipi_dsi_dcs_set_pixel_format_multi instead. That's the new main character. Go there. This one's still here for the legacy girlies but you should not be starting new code with it, fr fr.

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🔥 RETURN 🔥

• 0 on success 🫶
• a negative error code on failure 💀

That's the whole return contract. 0 is the slay outcome, negative is the "we don't talk about it" outcome.

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

Bestie. The see-also list ate. It's giving "I know everyone in this friend group." All of these, exactly as they are, no cap:

• 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_page_address(9)
• mipi_dsi_dcs_set_tear_on(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)

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Reminder bestie: this one's deprecated. If you're writing new code, you want mipi_dsi_dcs_set_pixel_format_multi(9). I'm not saying it, the man page is. 💅

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Okay that's the whole page! Icons and credits time: this little beauty comes from the source directory ./drivers/gpu/drm, and it's dated October 2026. The footer's manual tag is mipi_dsi_dc...pixel_format(9) — yes, still cut off, yes, we love her anyway. 🌟 Byeee, go set some pixel formats (with the _multi version) 💖