vmw_cmd_dx_set_index_buffer(9)

💅 vmw_cmd_dx_set_index_buffer — the Kernel API Manual glow-up ✨

okay so bestie, you found the page for vmw_cmd_dx_set_index_buffer(9) and honestly? it's a lil baddie with one job. it's from the Kernel API Manual, and it lives in the vmwgfx driver corner of the kernel 🌸

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✨ NAME ✨

vmw_cmd_dx_set_index_buffer — the one that does the Validate SVGA_3D_CMD_DX_IA_SET_INDEX_BUFFER command 💅 no cap, that's literally the whole vibe check.

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

int vmw_cmd_dx_set_index_buffer (struct vmw_private *dev_priv , struct
       vmw_sw_context *sw_context , SVGA3dCmdHeader *header );

three args, one int back. iconic, lowkey 🎀

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• dev_priv — a pointer to a device private struct. your device's own lil home base 🏠
• sw_context — the software context being used for this batch. it's the context that's main character energy for this batch rn ✨
• header — a pointer to the command header in the command stream. the lil label at the front of the command, iykyk 📨

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🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

okay this list is long long, but every single one matters, so buckle up bestie 🫶

start with the kernel file itself: ./drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_execbuf.c, then:

struct vmw_relocation(9), enum vmw_resource_relocation_type(9), struct vmw_resource_relocation(9), struct vmw_ctx_validation_info(9), struct vmw_cmd_entry(9), vmw_ptr_diff(9), vmw_execbuf_bindings_commit(9), vmw_bind_dx_query_mob(9), vmw_cmd_ctx_first_setup(9), vmw_execbuf_res_size(9), vmw_execbuf_rcache_update(9), vmw_execbuf_res_val_add(9), vmw_view_res_val_add(9), vmw_view_id_val_add(9), vmw_resource_context_res_add(9), vmw_resource_relocation_add(9), vmw_resource_relocations_free(9), vmw_resource_relocations_apply(9), vmw_resources_reserve(9), vmw_cmd_res_check(9), vmw_rebind_all_dx_query(9), vmw_rebind_contexts(9), vmw_view_bindings_add(9), vmw_cmd_cid_check(9), vmw_execbuf_info_from_res(9), vmw_query_bo_switch_prepare(9), vmw_query_bo_switch_commit(9), vmw_translate_mob_ptr(9), vmw_translate_guest_ptr(9), vmw_cmd_dx_define_query(9), vmw_cmd_dx_bind_query(9), vmw_cmd_begin_gb_query(9), vmw_cmd_begin_query(9), vmw_cmd_end_gb_query(9), vmw_cmd_end_query(9), vmw_cmd_wait_gb_query(9), vmw_cmd_wait_query(9), vmw_cmd_res_switch_backup(9), vmw_cmd_switch_backup(9), vmw_cmd_bind_gb_surface(9), vmw_cmd_update_gb_image(9), vmw_cmd_update_gb_surface(9), vmw_cmd_readback_gb_image(9), vmw_cmd_readback_gb_surface(9), vmw_cmd_invalidate_gb_image(9), vmw_cmd_invalidate_gb_surface(9), vmw_cmd_shader_define(9), vmw_cmd_shader_destroy(9), vmw_cmd_set_shader(9), vmw_cmd_set_shader_const(9), vmw_cmd_bind_gb_shader(9), vmw_cmd_dx_set_single_constant_buffer(9), vmw_cmd_dx_set_constant_buffer_offset(9), vmw_cmd_dx_set_shader_res(9), vmw_cmd_dx_set_shader(9), vmw_cmd_dx_set_vertex_buffers(9), vmw_cmd_dx_set_rendertargets(9), vmw_cmd_dx_clear_rendertarget_view(9), vmw_cmd_dx_clear_depthstencil_view(9), vmw_cmd_dx_set_so_targets(9), vmw_cmd_dx_check_subresource(9), vmw_cmd_dx_view_remove(9), vmw_cmd_dx_define_shader(9), vmw_cmd_dx_destroy_shader(9), vmw_cmd_dx_bind_shader(9), vmw_cmd_dx_genmips(9), vmw_cmd_dx_transfer_from_buffer(9), vmw_cmd_intra_surface_copy(9), vmw_execbuf_copy_fence_user(9), vmw_execbuf_submit_fifo(9), vmw_execbuf_submit_cmdbuf(9), vmw_execbuf_cmdbuf(9), vmw_execbuf_unpin_panic(9), __vmw_execbuf_release_pinned_bo(9), vmw_execbuf_release_pinned_bo(9)

that's the whole crew, no one left behind 💀💖

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🧚 real talk: this page only tells you the validate step for SVGA_3D_CMD_DX_IA_SET_INDEX_BUFFER — don't go assuming it does anything it doesn't say it does, bestie. the manpage is the source of truth 💅

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and that's the tea 🍓 the source is ./drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx, stamped October 2026, and it's the vmw_cmd_dx_set_index_buffer(9) page — go be iconic with it 👑✨