mipi_dsi_pix...ormat_to_bpp(9)

💅 mipi_dsi_pixel_format_to_bpp — the manual page, but make it make sense

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual entry for mipi_dsi_pixel_format_to_bpp(9). yes the title is literally truncated with dots in the middle, that's just how it's printed, we don't question the kernel's choices 💀

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✨ NAME ✨

mipi_dsi_pixel_format_to_bpp — obtain the number of bits per pixel for any given pixel format defined by the MIPI DSI specification

like, you hand it a pixel format and it hands you back how many bits each pixel is eating. that's the whole gig. no cap 🫶

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

int mipi_dsi_pixel_format_to_bpp (enum mipi_dsi_pixel_format fmt );

yes queen, that's the entire signature, copy it exactly, don't @ me 🙈

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• fmt — the MIPI DSI pixel format. that's it. that's the argument. it's the format you're asking about and it's of type enum mipi_dsi_pixel_format, iykyk 💅

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⭐ RETURN ⭐

the number of bits per pixel of the given pixel format. so like, the answer. the bpp. the moment of truth. slay 🔥

heads up, the return type is int, so it comes back as a plain ol' integer — go off with that info ✨

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🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

bestie this list is LONG, buckle up, it's giving "the whole MIPI DSI friend group" 🌈 and it all lives in the kernel file ./include/drm/drm_mipi_dsi.h:

• struct mipi_dsi_msg(9)
• struct mipi_dsi_packet(9)
• struct mipi_dsi_host_ops(9)
• struct mipi_dsi_host(9)
• struct mipi_dsi_device_info(9)
• struct mipi_dsi_device(9)
• struct mipi_dsi_multi_context(9)
• enum mipi_dsi_dcs_tear_mode(9)
• mipi_dsi_generic_write_seq_multi(9)
• mipi_dsi_generic_write_var_seq_multi(9)
• mipi_dsi_dcs_write_seq_multi(9)
• mipi_dsi_dcs_write_var_seq_multi(9)
• mipi_dsi_dual(9)
• mipi_dsi_dual_generic_write_seq_multi(9)
• mipi_dsi_dual_dcs_write_seq_multi(9)
• struct mipi_dsi_driver(9)

literally the entire extended universe, go read them, I'll wait 💜

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okay that's the page!! 🧚 sign-off time: this icon lives in ./include/drm, it's dated October 2026, and it's from the Kernel API Manual, filed under the very dramatic name mipi_dsi_pix...ormat_to_bpp(9). periodt 💅✨