rivafb_copyarea(9)

💅 rivafb_copyarea — the manual page, bestie edition ✨

okay so real talk, this is rivafb_copyarea(9), from the Kernel API Manual, and it's genuinely one of the most iconic little functions in the framebuffer world. no cap.

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🎀 NAME 🎀

rivafb_copyarea — the hardware accelerated blit function 💫 like, it moves pixels with vibes (and hardware).

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

void rivafb_copyarea (struct fb_info *info , const struct fb_copyarea
*region );

that's it. that's the whole signature. she's clean, she's simple, she slays. 🫶

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🌸 ARGUMENTS 🌸

• info — pointer to fb_info structure. yes, that fb_info. the main character struct. 👑
• region — pointer to fb_copyarea structure. this one's holding the coordinates of the area you wanna copy, iykyk. 🦋

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💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

This copies an area of pixels from one location to another. literally that's the whole thing. pixels go from point A to point B, and the hardware does the heavy lifting so your CPU can chill. 🧚

CALLED FROM: framebuffer hook ⭐ — that's the hookup, bestie, that's where it gets invoked.

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💜 SEE ALSO 💜

• Kernel file ./drivers/video/fbdev/riva/fbdev.c — the source, the origin story, the birth certificate. 📜
• rivafb_load_cursor_image(9)
• riva_wclut(9)
• riva_rclut(9)
• riva_save_state(9)
• riva_load_state(9)
• riva_load_video_mode(9)
• rivafb_do_maximize(9)
• riva_get_cmap_len(9)
• rivafb_pan_display(9)
• rivafb_setcolreg(9)
• rivafb_fillrect(9)
• rivafb_imageblit(9)
• rivafb_cursor(9)

the whole riva squad, honestly. go read all of them, they're all lowkey essential. 🔥

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ok that's the page!! no notes, she ate 💅

and for the sign-off bestie: this lil beauty lives in ./drivers/video/fbdev/riva, dated October 2026. mwah, mwah, and goodnight 🍓🎀🌈