vmw_kms_new_framebuffer(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💖 vmw_kms_new_framebuffer — like, the manual page for vmw_kms_new_framebuffer(9) bestie ✨

okay so we're in the Kernel API Manual rn and this page is all about one thing and one thing only: making a brand new framebuffer. that's it. that's the whole vibe. 🎀

🌸 NAME 🌸

vmw_kms_new_framebuffer — create a new framebuffer. literally what it says on the tin, no cap 💅

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

no thoughts, just the signature. copy it exactly, she's fragile:

struct vmw_framebuffer * vmw_kms_new_framebuffer (struct vmw_private
*dev_priv , struct vmw_user_object *uo , const struct drm_format_info
*info , const struct drm_mode_fb_cmd2 *mode_cmd );

she returns a struct vmw_framebuffer * btw, in case you were wondering. main character energy fr fr 👑

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

okay bestie let's meet the cast 🫶 four args, all of them matter, don't skip a single one:

  • dev_priv — pointer to the device private struct. that's the whole device's little personal diary, basically. keep her close 💜
  • uo — pointer to the user object that we're wrapping the kms framebuffer around. ⚠️ and here's the rule: either the buffer or the surface inside the user object must be NULL. one of them. not both, not neither. that's the assignment, periodt.
  • info — the pixel format information. the pixels need to know what format they're in, okay?? it's giving self-discovery 🌈
  • mode_cmd — frame-buffer metadata. the little details that make the fb who she is ✨

🌟 SEE ALSO 🌟

so if you wanna keep reading (and you should, she's iconic), go check the kernel file: ./drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_kms.c 📁

and then, like, the whole extended friend group 🫶 — no skips, here's everyone:

that's thirty-one references bestie, I counted, she's thorough 💀💖

alright that's the page!! tysm for reading, you ate that ngl 🍓 this little cutie lives in ./drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx, dated October 2026, and it's vmw_kms_new_framebuffer(9) all the way down. mwah, go build something iconic 💅✨🎀

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