VKMS (VIRTUAL KERNEL MODESETTING)(9)

✨ vkms (Virtual Kernel Modesetting) ✨

okay bestie, quick vibe check: this is the Kernel API Manual page for vkms (Virtual Kernel Modesetting) — manual name Virtu...Modesetting, section 9, iykyk 💅.

VKMS is a software-only model of a KMS driver. It’s useful for testing and for running X (or similar) on headless machines — literally no hardware display needed, slay. VKMS aims to enable a virtual display with no need of a hardware display capability, releasing the GPU in DRM API tests. 🦋

🎀 SEE ALSO 🎀

• Kernel file ./drivers/gpu/drm/vkms/vkms_drv.c — that’s the one to peek at, bestie 💖

mwah 💋 — source/version: ./drivers/gpu/drm/vkms · date: October 2026 · manual label: vkms (Virtu...Modesetting)(9).