vmw_open_channel(9)

🦋 vmw_open_channel(9) — Kernel API Manual edition 🦋

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual page for vmw_open_channel. It is short, it is mysterious, and it is giving “I said what I said” energy 💅

🌸 NAME 🌸

vmw_open_channel — that’s the name. The description after the dash is literally empty in the original, so I’m not gonna invent one, no cap 🙈.

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

int vmw_open_channel (struct rpc_channel *channel , unsigned int
protocol );

🫶 ARGUMENTS 🫶

• channel — RPC channel. That’s the whole note, bestie.
• protocol — the original leaves this one blank too, so no fake lore from me 💀.

⭐ RETURN ⭐

0 on success. Clean. Simple. Iconic.

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

The SEE ALSO section starts with the Kernel file ./drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_msg.c, and then it name-drops this entire squad:

• vmw_close_channel(9)
• vmw_port_hb_out(9)
• vmw_port_hb_in(9)
• vmw_send_msg(9)
• vmw_recv_msg(9)
• vmw_host_get_guestinfo(9)
• vmw_host_printf(9)
• vmw_msg_ioctl(9)
• reset_ppn_array(9)
• hypervisor_ppn_reset_all(9)
• hypervisor_ppn_add(9)
• hypervisor_ppn_remove(9)
• mksstat_init_record_time(9)
• mksstat_init_kern_id(9)
• vmw_mksstat_get_kern_slot(9)
• vmw_mksstat_cleanup_descriptor(9)
• vmw_mksstat_remove_all(9)
• vmw_mksstat_reset_ioctl(9)
• vmw_mksstat_add_ioctl(9)
• vmw_mksstat_remove_ioctl(9)
• vmw_disable_backdoor(9)

mwah 💋 source/version: ./drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx; date: October 2026; page: vmw_open_channel(9). that’s the whole vibe, bestie — go forth and slay ✨🫶