STRUCT VKMS_CONFIG_CONNECTOR(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 struct vkms_config_connector(9) 💅

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual entry for struct vkms_config_connector — yes that's the manual name, we're in the kernel API docs section, section 9, no cap 🫶

✨ NAME ✨

struct vkms_config_connector —

and that's... literally it 😭 the original page gives zero description blurb here, so we're not making one up. The whole personality lives in the members down below 👇

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

here's the struct in all its glory, copied exactly, do not touch:

struct vkms_config_connector {
    struct list_head link;
    struct vkms_config *config;
    enum drm_connector_status status;
    struct xarray possible_encoders;
    struct vkms_connector *connector;
 };

🎀 Members 🎀

the way each field has a whole job, we love a structured queen 👑

  • link — the link that hooks this connector up to the other connectors inside vkms_config 💫
  • config — the vkms_config that this connector belongs to, its home base, its main character context 🏠
  • status — the status of the connector (connected, disconnected, you know the vibe...) 🟢🔴
  • possible_encoders — an array of encoders that can be used with this connector; like the connector's little black book of compatible encoders 🗂️✨
  • connector — ⚠️ internal usage only, bestie! this pointer should never be considered as valid. It can be used to store a temporary reference to a VKMS connector during device creation. This pointer is not managed by the configuration and must be managed by other means. so like... it's giving "temporary situationship", not "official relationship" 💀 handle it yourself fr fr
lowkey important: that last one is not your average pointer. don't trust it, don't assume it's valid, and don't expect the config to clean up after it. that's on you 🙈

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

goes without saying but I'm saying it anyway: this is a Kernel file, specifically ./drivers/gpu/drm/vkms/vkms_config.h 📁

the structs first, because family:

  • struct vkms_config(9)
  • struct vkms_config_plane(9)
  • struct vkms_config_crtc(9)
  • struct vkms_config_encoder(9)

then all the for-each girls, iconic behaviour:

lifecycle + general config era:

planes, planes, planes:

crtc gang:

encoders, periodt:

and the connector besties, our actual neighbours 💖:

that's the whole page, no notes, ate and left no crumbs 🌈✨

sign-off time 🎀 this one lives under ./drivers/gpu/drm/vkms, dated October 2026, and it's part of the Kernel API Manual — go read the source, ily, bye 💜🦋

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