tgafb_check_var(9)

💅 tgafb_check_var(9) — the vibe check for your frame buffer ✨

Okay so bestie, real talk: this one lives in the Kernel API Manual, and it's literally the function that looks at a var you hand it and goes "hmm, valid? slay" or "nope 🫶". It's optional, so no pressure, but when it's there it eats.

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🎀 NAME 🎀

tgafb_check_var — an optional function, and its whole personality is validating a var that got passed in. That's it, that's the job, periodt. 💖

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

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

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🌸 ARGUMENTS 🌸

• var — the frame buffer variable screen structure, aka the thing being checked bestie 👀
• info — the frame buffer structure that represents a single frame buffer, iconic, no notes 💅

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🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

Kernel file ./drivers/video/fbdev/tgafb.c — and the whole friend group:

• tgafb_set_par(9)
• tgafb_setcolreg(9)
• tgafb_blank(9)
• tgafb_imageblit(9)
• tgafb_fillrect(9)

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ngl this page is short but it's giving main character energy anyway 💀✨ go read the tgafb.c file if you want the full lore, iykyk.

okay bye bestie, go validate some vars 💖🎀🌸🦋💅

— cute little sign-off: this absolute gem of a page comes from the kernel file ./drivers/video/fbdev and it's dated October 2026, so yes, it's from the future and it's still iconic 👑🌈⭐