vmw_kms_stdu_init_display(9)

💅 vmw_kms_stdu_init_display (9) — Kernel API Manual ✨

okay so bestie, welcome to the vmw_kms_stdu_init_display(9) page — this is the kernel API manual entry for the function that spins up a whole Screen Target based display. buckle up, it's short but it matters 💖

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🌸 NAME 🌸

vmw_kms_stdu_init_display — literally initializes a Screen Target based display, no cap 🎯

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

int vmw_kms_stdu_init_display (struct vmw_private *dev_priv );

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• dev_priv — the VMW DRM device 🖥️ like, the whole device context you're passing in, bestie.

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so this function right here initializes a Screen Target based display device. that's the vibe. 🌈

first thing it does? it checks the capability bits to make sure the underlying hardware can actually support screen targets — a little vibe check on your hardware, if you will 👀✨

and then — assuming the hardware said yes — it creates the maximum number of CRTCs (a.k.a. Display Units, iykyk) as supported by the display hardware. maximum. not fewer. the hardware's limits are the limits, periodt. 👑

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🔥 RETURN 🔥

• 0 on success 🫶 (slay)
• an error code otherwise 😭 (not slay)

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

like, go read these next, fr fr — starting with the kernel file itself:

• Kernel file ./drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_stdu.c 📁
• struct vmw_stdu_dirty(9)
• struct vmw_screen_target_display_unit(9)
• vmw_stdu_crtc_destroy(9)
• vmw_stdu_define_st(9)
• vmw_stdu_bind_st(9)
• vmw_stdu_populate_update(9)
• vmw_stdu_update_st(9)
• vmw_stdu_destroy_st(9)
• vmw_stdu_crtc_mode_set_nofb(9)
• vmw_stdu_bo_cpu_clip(9)
• vmw_stdu_bo_cpu_commit(9)
• vmw_kms_stdu_readback(9)
• vmw_kms_stdu_surface_clip(9)
• vmw_kms_stdu_surface_fifo_commit(9)
• vmw_kms_stdu_surface_dirty(9)
• vmw_stdu_encoder_destroy(9)
• vmw_stdu_connector_destroy(9)
• vmw_stdu_primary_plane_cleanup_fb(9)
• vmw_stdu_primary_plane_prepare_fb(9)
• vmw_stdu_plane_update_bo(9)
• vmw_stdu_plane_update_surface(9)
• vmw_stdu_primary_plane_atomic_update(9)
• vmw_stdu_init(9)
• vmw_stdu_destroy(9)

that's the whole reading list, bestie — go be obsessed 📚💅

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and that's a wrap! 🎬 this iconic lil page lives in ./drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx, it's dated October 2026, and it's the vmw_kms_stdu_init_display(9) entry through and through. mwah 💋💖