vmw_gb_surface_create(9)

💅 vmw_gb_surface_create(9) — like, the kernel API manual one, bestie

okay so real talk, we're in the kernel API manual, section 9, and the star of the show is vmw_gb_surface_create. she's the one who encodes a surface_define command. that's literally her whole job. iykyk 💖

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✨ NAME ✨

vmw_gb_surface_create — encode a surface_define command 🎀

like yes, that is it, that is the assignment, and she ate.

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

int vmw_gb_surface_create (struct vmw_resource *res );

she returns an int, she takes one struct vmw_resource *, and honestly the vibes are immaculate. 🦋

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💜 ARGUMENTS 💜

• res — a pointer to a struct vmw_resource that's embedded inside a struct vmw_surface. that's the whole tea. it's not a standalone resource, it's living inside the surface, main character energy in a supporting role fr fr. 🫶

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

okay bestie, buckle up, because this list is LONG and every single one of these is invited to the party. no gatekeeping here ✨

• Kernel file ./drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_surface.c and struct
• vmw_user_surface(9)
• vmw_surface_offset(9)
• vmw_surface_dirty(9)
• vmw_surface_dma_size(9)
• vmw_surface_define_size(9)
• vmw_surface_destroy_size(9)
• vmw_surface_destroy_encode(9)
• vmw_surface_define_encode(9)
• vmw_surface_dma_encode(9)
• vmw_hw_surface_destroy(9)
• vmw_legacy_srf_create(9)
• vmw_legacy_srf_dma(9)
• vmw_legacy_srf_bind(9)
• vmw_legacy_srf_unbind(9)
• vmw_legacy_srf_destroy(9)
• vmw_surface_init(9)
• vmw_user_surface_base_to_res(9)
• vmw_user_surface_free(9)
• vmw_user_surface_base_release(9)
• vmw_surface_destroy_ioctl(9)
• vmw_surface_define_ioctl(9)
• vmw_surface_reference_ioctl(9)
• vmw_gb_surface_define_ioctl(9)
• vmw_gb_surface_reference_ioctl(9)
• vmw_gb_surface_define_ext_ioctl(9)
• vmw_gb_surface_reference_ext_ioctl(9)
• vmw_gb_surface_define_internal(9)
• vmw_gb_surface_reference_internal(9)
• vmw_subres_dirty_add(9)
• vmw_subres_dirty_full(9)
• vmw_dumb_create(9)

like i said: everyone's here. the ioctls, the internal ones, the ext ones, the legacy srf girlies, the dirty helpers, all of them. go read them too, bestie, they're all in that same ./drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/ neighborhood 🏡

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and that's the whole page, no notes. this came to you from the kernel API manual, ./drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx, dated October 2026 — so like, future date, past-due vibes, absolutely iconic 👑💖 slay, go encode that surface_define, periodt ✨