v4l2_fill_pix_format_mplane(9)

💅 v4l2_fill_pix_format_mplane ✨

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual page for v4l2_fill_pix_format_mplane (yes the whole squad calls it that, it's a mouthful, i know 😭). this is the 9-section manpage vibe and we're gonna get you through it fr fr.

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🌸 NAME 🌸

v4l2_fill_pix_format_mplane — the ancillary routine that fills a &struct v4l2_pix_format_mplane's fields from a media bus structure. it's giving "personal assistant for your pixel format" energy, and honestly? iconic 🎀

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

void v4l2_fill_pix_format_mplane (struct v4l2_pix_format_mplane
*pix_mp_fmt , const struct v4l2_mbus_framefmt *mbus_fmt );

literally just two pointers and a dream, no cap 💫 (and yeah, it returns void — it does the thing and dips, main character energy 👑)

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• pix_mp_fmt — pointer to struct v4l2_pix_format_mplane to be filled. this is the empty cup, the blank canvas, the "not me being an uninitialized struct" one 🙈 you're filling this baby up.
• mbus_fmt — pointer to struct v4l2_mbus_framefmt to be used as model. this one is the blueprint, the inspo, the reference pic you're copying from 🎨

so like, mbus_fmt is the mood board and pix_mp_fmt is the final fit. slay.

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💜 SEE ALSO 💜

kernel file ./include/media/v4l2-mediabus.h — that's the home base, the source of truth, the addy 📍

and the whole friend group, alphabetically-ish by vibe:

• enum v4l2_mbus_csi2_cphy_line_orders_type(9)
• struct v4l2_mbus_config_mipi_csi2(9)
• struct v4l2_mbus_config_parallel(9)
• struct v4l2_mbus_config_mipi_csi1(9)
• enum v4l2_mbus_type(9)
• struct v4l2_mbus_config(9)
• v4l2_fill_pix_format(9)
• v4l2_fill_mbus_format(9)
• v4l2_fill_mbus_format_mplane(9)

like, go read those too if you wanna be a completionist, we stan a thorough queen 🫶

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tiny reminder bestie: this page is from the ./include/media corner of the kernel tree, dated October 2026, living under the Kernel API Manual umbrella, section 9. don't lose the receipt 💀

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and that's the whole page, no crumbs left 🌈 mwah, go fill those formats, you're doing amazing sweetie 🍓💖 — signed, the Kernel API Manual (v4l2_fill_pix_format_mplane(9)), ./include/media, October 2026 ✨🧚