mipi_dsi_gen..._write_multi(9)

💅 mipi_dsi_gen..._write_multi(9) 💅

okay bestie, gather round 🫶 this is a page straight outta the Kernel API Manual, and the main character today is mipi_dsi_generic_write_multi. yeah the name got truncated with ... in the header, she's mysterious like that ✨

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✨ NAME ✨

mipi_dsi_generic_write_multi — literally mipi_dsi_generic_write() but with accum_err energy 💖

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

void mipi_dsi_generic_write_multi (struct mipi_dsi_multi_context *ctx ,
const void *payload , size_t size );

that's the whole vibe. no sneaky extra params, no surprises 🌈

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• ctx — the context for multiple DSI transactions 👑 this is the girl holding all the state together, no cap
• payload — the buffer containing the payload 🍓 like, the actual data you're yeeting out
• size — the size of the payload buffer 📏 yes bestie, you gotta tell it how big

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so here's the tea ☕ this is a wrapper around mipi_dsi_generic_write that handles errors in a way that makes it convenient to make several calls in a row 💅 that's it, that's the whole point — chain your writes, let the wrapper deal with the error bookkeeping, stay unbothered 🧚

no cap, the convenience is the entire personality here. it's giving "assistant who handles the drama so you don't have to" 😭

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🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

the kernel file lives at ./drivers/gpu/drm/drm_mipi_dsi.c — go say hi to it 💜

and then there's the whole extended friend group, like a group chat you got added to at 3am:

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) 🌸

then the write/read girlies: mipi_dsi_generic_write(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) ⭐

the DCS command squad, iconic one and all: 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) 💫

and then the _multi variants, which are the ones who get it: 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) 🔥

and finally the driver-level besties: mipi_dsi_driver_register_full(9), mipi_dsi_driver_unregister(9) 🫶

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💀 ngl that's a LOT of friends. bookmark this page, iykyk.

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and that's the page bestie! 🎀 this lil gem lives in ./drivers/gpu/drm and it's dated October 2026 — so go forth, chain your writes, and slay 💅✨👑