vmw_dma_masks(9)

💖 vmw_dma_masks 💖

okay so bestie, welcome to the vmw_dma_masks(9) page from the Kernel API Manual — it's giving kernel API realness, and we're gonna keep every detail while making it make sense 🫶✨

💖 NAME 💖

vmw_dma_masks — set required page- and dma masks. That's the name, that's the whole vibe, and honestly? iconic 💅

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

int vmw_dma_masks (struct vmw_private *dev_priv );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• dev_priv — Pointer to struct drm-device. Yes bestie, that exact type, keep it cute and keep it exact 👑

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

okay so here's the tea: with 32-bit we can only handle 32 bit PFNs. That's the limit, fr fr. Optionally, set that same restriction on 64-bit systems too — your call, bestie 💖

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

Kernel file: ./drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_drv.c

• vmw_dummy_query_bo_create(9)
• vmw_request_device_late(9)
• vmw_release_device_early(9)
• vmw_release_device_late(9)
• vmw_dma_select_mode(9)
• __vmw_svga_enable(9)
• vmw_svga_enable(9)
• __vmw_svga_disable(9)
• vmw_svga_disable(9)

xoxo, bestie 💖 — this came from the source/version ./drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx, dated October 2026, and it's the vmw_dma_masks(9) page. go set those masks and slay the day 🎀✨