vmw_connector_get_modes(9)

💅 vmw_connector_get_modes(9) — the Kernel API Manual, bestie edition 🎀

okay so this is a page from the Kernel API Manual about vmw_connector_get_modes(9) — yes the whole thing is named after the function, iconic behavior honestly ✨

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✨ NAME ✨

vmw_connector_get_modes — she's the one who implements the drm_connector_helper_funcs.get_modes callback 🫶 like that's literally her job and she ate 💅

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

int vmw_connector_get_modes (struct drm_connector *connector );

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• connector — the drm connector, part of a DU container. that's it, that's the whole argument, she's low maintenance 💖

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👑 DESCRIPTION 👑

Returns the number of added modes. that's the entire description bestie, no cap, she returns a number and minds her business 🔥 no lore, no drama, just modes getting added and counted 🙈

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💜 SEE ALSO 💜

the kernel file:

• ./drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_kms.c — that's where she lives 🏠

and her whole friend group, fr fr:

• vmw_du_plane_unpin_surf(9)
• vmw_du_plane_cleanup_fb(9)
• vmw_du_primary_plane_atomic_check(9)
• vmw_du_crtc_duplicate_state(9)
• vmw_du_crtc_reset(9)
• vmw_du_crtc_destroy_state(9)
• vmw_du_plane_duplicate_state(9)
• vmw_du_plane_reset(9)
• vmw_du_plane_destroy_state(9)
• vmw_du_connector_duplicate_state(9)
• vmw_du_connector_reset(9)
• vmw_du_connector_destroy_state(9)
• vmw_kms_readback(9)
• vmw_kms_srf_ok(9)
• vmw_kms_new_framebuffer(9)
• vmw_kms_check_display_memory(9)
• vmw_crtc_state_and_lock(9)
• vmw_kms_check_implicit(9)
• vmw_kms_check_topology(9)
• vmw_kms_atomic_check_modeset(9)
• vmw_du_update_layout(9)
• vmw_guess_mode_timing(9)
• vmw_kms_update_layout_ioctl(9)
• vmw_kms_helper_dirty(9)
• vmw_kms_helper_validation_finish(9)
• vmw_kms_create_implicit_placement_property(9)
• vmw_kms_suspend(9)
• vmw_kms_resume(9)
• vmw_kms_lost_device(9)
• vmw_du_helper_plane_update(9)
• vmw_connector_mode_valid(9)

like. that's the whole group chat 😭 every single one of them, we don't skip anyone in this house 🙅‍♀️

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ngl there's not a lot on this page — no flags, no env vars, no exit statuses, no warnings, no bugs section. she's short and sweet and we respect the minimalism 💀✨

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kisses bestie, this one came from the source tree at ./drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx and it's dated October 2026 — mwah, go read the other thirty-one pages now, ily, bye 🧚‍♀️💖🌈