s3c_fb_check_var(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💖 s3c_fb_check_var(9) — the Kernel API Manual glow-up 💖

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual page for s3c_fb_check_var(9) — yes that's the real manual name, no I'm not making it up, and yes we're gonna get through it together 🫶

✨ NAME ✨

s3c_fb_check_var — it's the framebuffer layer asking you to verify a given mode. that's it, that's the whole vibe check 🔥

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

int s3c_fb_check_var (struct fb_var_screeninfo *var , struct fb_info
*info );

literally just those two args and an int coming back at you 💅

✨ ARGUMENTS ✨

  • var — the screen information you're gonna verify. this is the thing under the microscope 🔍
  • info — the framebuffer device itself. the main character, honestly 👑

✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

so this is a framebuffer layer call 🎀 its whole job? verify the given information and let us update various information depending on the hardware capabilities. that's the tea — the hardware says what it can do, and we adjust accordingly, no cap 💜

ngl it's giving "middleware doing its quiet little job so everything else slays" energy. iconic behaviour, honestly 🌸

✨ SEE ALSO ✨

the whole friend group 👯‍♀️ — Kernel file ./drivers/video/fbdev/s3c-fb.c plus:

like, that is a list. every single one of them is linked, we do not skip a single bestie 💅✨

okay that's the page!! go read the source and stay hydrated 🍓

and finally — the cute little sign-off at the bottom: this one lives in ./drivers/video/fbdev and it's dated October 2026 🌈 tysm for reading, ily, byeeee 🎀💖

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