vimc_vdev_link_validate(9)

✨ NAME ✨

vimc_vdev_link_validate — bestie, this one validates a media link 💅

okay so real quick, we're in the Kernel API Manual today and this page is all about one lil' function that does a vibe check on a media link. yes it's giving kernel-internals, no you don't have to be scared 🫶

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

int vimc_vdev_link_validate (struct media_link *link );

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• link — pointer to struct media_link. that's the link being checked, literally pointing right at it 🎯

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💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

This function validates if a media link is valid for streaming. like, is this link actually valid for streaming or not? that's the whole job. it called, it checked, it validated. icon behaviour, no notes ✨

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🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

• Kernel file ./drivers/media/test-drivers/vimc/vimc-common.h — the file bestie, go look 👀
• vimc_colorimetry_clamp(9)
• struct vimc_pix_map(9)
• struct vimc_ent_device(9)
• struct vimc_device(9)
• struct vimc_ent_type(9)
• struct vimc_ent_config(9)
• vimc_is_source(9)
• vimc_pix_map_by_index(9)
• vimc_mbus_code_by_index(9)
• vimc_pix_map_by_code(9)
• vimc_pix_map_by_pixelformat(9)
• vimc_ent_sd_register(9)

all the sister pages, linked and slaying together 🌈

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ngl this page is short, but every single detail is here and accounted for. main character energy in like six lines 💀

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okay that's the whole page bestie!! this little moment in the Kernel API Manual comes from the source tree at ./drivers/media/test-drivers/vimc, and the date on this one is October 2026. go forth and validate those links, mwah 💖🎀🦋