vmw_sou_crtc_helper_prepare(9)

vmw_sou_crtc_helper_prepare(9) 💅

hi bestie!! welcome to the Kernel API Manual — this page is short, sweet, and very “the assignment was to do nothing” ✨

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🌸 NAME 🌸

vmw_sou_crtc_helper_prepare — Noop 💅

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

void vmw_sou_crtc_helper_prepare (struct drm_crtc *crtc );

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• crtc — the CRTC associated with the new screen 🖥️✨

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

okay so this is supposed to prepare the CRTC for a mode set, but bestie… we don't need to do anything here. That's it. That's the function. It's giving Noop excellence, and honestly the vibe check is immaculate 💅✨

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

Kernel file ./drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_scrn.c — that's where this page points 🏠 and the reference squad is:

• struct vmw_kms_sou_surface_dirty(9)
• vmw_sou_crtc_mode_set_nofb(9)
• vmw_sou_crtc_atomic_disable(9)
• vmw_sou_primary_plane_cleanup_fb(9)
• vmw_sou_primary_plane_prepare_fb(9)
• vmw_sou_plane_update_bo(9)
• vmw_sou_plane_update_surface(9)
• vmw_sou_surface_fifo_commit(9)
• vmw_sou_surface_clip(9)
• vmw_kms_sou_do_surface_dirty(9)
• vmw_sou_bo_fifo_commit(9)
• vmw_sou_bo_clip(9)
• vmw_kms_sou_do_bo_dirty(9)
• vmw_sou_readback_fifo_commit(9)
• vmw_sou_readback_clip(9)
• vmw_kms_sou_readback(9)

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mwah!! 💖 source/version: ./drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx • date: October 2026 • page: vmw_sou_crtc_helper_prepare(9) — bye bestie, go slay some kernel reading 🎀✨