QCDRM(4)

💅 QCDRM(4) — like, the Qualcomm Snapdragon DRM subsystem, bestie

okay so this is a page from the Kernel Interfaces Manual, and honestly it's short and sweet and I'm kinda obsessed with how unserious it is. Let's get into it ✨

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🌸 NAME 🌸

qcdrm — the Qualcomm Snapdragon DRM subsystem, periodt.

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

qcdrm* at fdt?

that's it. that's the whole config line. lowkey iconic.

✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

So the qcdrm driver is out here providing support for the MSM Mobile Display Subsystem (aka MDSS, iykyk) that lives on the Qualcomm Snapdragon SoCs. that's the vibe. that's what it does 💖

🎀 SEE ALSO 🎀

• drm(4)
• intro(4)
• qcdpc(4)

go read those too, bestie, they're right there 🫶

🧚 HISTORY 🧚

The qcdrm driver first appeared in OpenBSD 7.8 — a whole era, ngl 🌈

👑 AUTHORS 👑

The qcdrm driver was written by Mark Kettenis <kettenis@openbsd.org>. shoutout to the main character who literally built this 💜

💀 BUGS 💀

Okay so real talk, no cap: the qcdrm driver does not implement any usable DRM functionality yet. like, it's giving "work in progress" energy. it's there, it's vibing, it's just not doing DRM things yet 😭 so don't come for it, okay??

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and that's the whole page!! short king behavior honestly 🍓 this one came from the Debian build, dated July 18, 2025 — mwah, catch you on the next manpage, bestie 💅✨