mipi_dsi_de...egister_full(9)

💅 mipi_dsi_device_register_full — like, the whole entire manual 💖

okay bestie, so this is a page from the Kernel API Manual (yes, that's the manual name, we're being fancy today 🎀) and it's all about mipi_dsi_device_register_full. Buckle up, it's short but it's iconic.

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✨ NAME ✨

mipi_dsi_device_register_full — literally makes a MIPI DSI device. That's the whole job. 👑

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

struct mipi_dsi_device * mipi_dsi_device_register_full (struct
mipi_dsi_host *host , const struct mipi_dsi_device_info *info );

that's it. that's the signature. no cap, copy it exactly 💅

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• host — the DSI host this device is connected to. like, the friend the device is showing up with at the party 🫶
• info — a pointer to a template holding the DSI device information. yes bestie, a template, it's giving "fill in the blanks" energy 📝

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💜 DESCRIPTION 💜

So basically you call this and it creates a MIPI DSI device for you, using the device info that the mipi_dsi_device_info template is holding. that's the vibe. it's giving "build-a-device" workshop ✨

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🔥 RETURN 🔥

You get back a pointer to the freshly created MIPI DSI device 💖 — or a pointer that's been encoded with an error 😭 so like, check it, don't just trust it blindly, bestie.

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

buckle up, this list is long and honestly it ate. all of these, exactly as written, go read them:

• Kernel file ./drivers/gpu/drm/drm_mipi_dsi.c — dsi helpers(9)
• of_find_mipi_dsi_device_by_node(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_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)

bestie that's a lot of _multi variants and honestly? respect. whoever wrote these was not playing around 💀

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🌈 the cute sign-off 🌈

this page lives under ./drivers/gpu/drm, it's from October 2026, and it's titled mipi_dsi_device_register_full(9) — mwah, periodt, go register a device responsibly 🧚💖✨