mipi_dsi_dc...buffer_multi(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 mipi_dsi_dc…buffer_multi — the Kernel API Manual page, bestie edition ✨

Okay so real quick before we dive in: this is from the Kernel API Manual, and the page is literally called mipi_dsi_dc...buffer_multi(9) (yes the ellipsis is part of the bit, don't come for me). It's a kernel function, it's about DSI display panels, and it's lowkey iconic once you get the vibe. Let's go 🎀

🌸 NAME 🌸

mipi_dsi_dcs_write_buffer_multi — it's giving mipi_dsi_dcs_write_buffer_chatty() but with accum_err, and honestly that's the whole personality 🫶

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

void mipi_dsi_dcs_write_buffer_multi (struct mipi_dsi_multi_context *ctx
, const void *data , size_t len );

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

  • ctx — the context for multiple DSI transactions. It's the main character holding the whole batch together 👑
  • data — the buffer containing the data to be transmitted. That's your payload, your moment, your literal content 💖
  • len — the size of the transmission buffer. iykyk, don't forget to count 🧚

💜 DESCRIPTION 💜

So basically it works exactly like mipi_dsi_dcs_write_buffer_chatty — same energy, same job — except it handles errors in a way that makes calling it several times in a row actually convenient. Like, you can stack a bunch of these calls back to back and it just… deals with the errors for you instead of making you babysit each one 😭

It's the "you got this, I got you" of DSI helpers, fr fr. Slay ✨

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

First up, the actual kernel file where all this magic lives: ./drivers/gpu/drm/drm_mipi_dsi.c — go pay respects 💅

Then the whole extended friend group, no cap, every single one of them:

That's the whole roster. Sixty-plus entries, one vibe check, zero skips. Not me being thorough 💀✨

Okay that's the page!! 🎀 It came out of ./drivers/gpu/drm and it's dated October 2026, so like… future-slay of it honestly. Go forth and call it multiple times in a row, bestie — that's literally what it's for 💖✨🦋

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