vmw_cursor_plane_prepare_fb(9)

💅 vmw_cursor_plane_prepare_fb(9) 💅

okay bestie, so this is a page from the Kernel API Manual, and it's about one very specific little function: vmw_cursor_plane_prepare_fb. it's giving "tiny but important," fr fr.

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✨ NAME ✨

vmw_cursor_plane_prepare_fb — readies the cursor by referencing it 🖱️✨

like, it gets the cursor all set up and holds a reference to it. no cap.

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

int vmw_cursor_plane_prepare_fb (struct drm_plane *plane , struct
       drm_plane_state *new_state );

that's the whole signature, verbatim, don't come for me 🙈

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• plane — the display plane 💖
• new_state — all the info on the new plane state, and yes, that includes the FB 🦋

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🧚 DESCRIPTION 🧚

Returns 0 on success. that's it, that's the whole description. short and iconic, honestly 👑

lowkey love a manpage that gets straight to the point. main character energy.

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🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

• Kernel file ./drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_cursor_plane.c — go read the source, iykwim 📂
• vmw_send_define_cursor_cmd(9)
• vmw_cursor_mob_unmap(9)
• vmw_cursor_mob_map(9)
• vmw_cursor_plane_cleanup_fb(9)
• vmw_cursor_plane_atomic_check(9)

the whole cursor-plane friend group 🫶

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okay that's the page!! this one came out of ./drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx, it's the October 2026 version, and it's filed under the Kernel API Manual. mwah, bye bestie 💜🎀✨