mipi_dsi_shu...n_peripheral(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 mipi_dsi_shutdown_peripheral(9) 💅

okay bestie, so this is a page straight outta the Kernel API Manual, and the star of the show is mipi_dsi_shutdown_peripheral(9). it's giving "small function, big feelings" ngl. let's get into it 🫶

✨ NAME ✨

mipi_dsi_shutdown_peripheral — literally sends a Shutdown Peripheral command. that's it, that's the whole vibe. 💅

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

int mipi_dsi_shutdown_peripheral (struct mipi_dsi_device *dsi );

like, one argument, returns an int, very demure, very mindful. 🎀

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

  • dsi — the DSI peripheral device. this is the little guy you're shutting down, so pls know who you're talking to before you send the command, iykyk. ✨

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

okay so here's the part where i hold your hand, bestie: this function is deprecated. 😭

it's not broken, it's just not the moment anymore. the manpage says it plain: use mipi_dsi_shutdown_peripheral_multi instead. that's the one with main character energy now. go be with the multi version, she's the future 💜

🔥 RETURN 🔥

  • 0 on success — slay, it worked 🎉
  • a negative error code on failure — not slay, something went sideways 💀

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

the whole extended friend group, fr fr. also the kernel file ./drivers/gpu/drm/drm_mipi_dsi.c where all the dsi helpers live 👑

the dsi helpers themselves & device/host plumbing:

packets & packet formats:

peripheral & compression & picture params:

generic read/write:

dcs write/read:

dcs commands:

the _multi girlies (the upgraded versions):

driver registration besties:

💀 real talk though: this page is the old one. if you're writing new code, go read mipi_dsi_shutdown_peripheral_multi(9) and pretend we never had this conversation. love u tho 🫶

and that's the whole page, bestie!! sourced from ./drivers/gpu/drm, dated October 2026 — go forth and shut down those peripherals responsibly, mwah 🧚💜🎀

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