vmw_surface_define_encode(9)

💅 vmw_surface_define_encode(9) — like, the Kernel API Manual page, bestie ✨

okay so welcome to the glow-up edition of vmw_surface_define_encode, straight out of the Kernel API Manual. this one's a little function with a big job and honestly? it ate. let's get into it 🎀

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🌸 NAME 🌸

vmw_surface_define_encode — encode a surface_define command. that's it, that's the whole vibe. it takes the surface info and packs it into a command. slay 💅

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

void vmw_surface_define_encode (const struct vmw_surface *srf , void
       *cmd_space );

literally just two args, no drama, no cap 🫶

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• srf — pointer to a struct vmw_surface object. this is the surface bestie in question, the main character of the whole operation 👑
• cmd_space — pointer to the memory area where the commands should be encoded. think of it as the little spot in memory where the command gets written into. it's giving "reserved seating for the encoded output" 🎀

⚠️ heads up: both of these are pointers and the function returns void, so it's not handing you back a status code. it just does the encode into the memory you gave it. iykyk 🙈

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💜 SEE ALSO 💜

okay this list is LONG and i'm obsessed, it's like the whole vmwgfx friend group 🫶 no skips, we're listing every single one:

• Kernel file ./drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_surface.c
• struct vmw_user_surface(9)
• struct vmw_surface_offset(9)
• struct 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_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_create(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. the whole squad. go read them, they're all iconic 💖

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and that's the page!! 🦋 this little manpage lives over in ./drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx and it's dated October 2026 — so yes, bestie, we're reading from the future and it's still serving kernel docs 😭✨ mwah, go encode something cute 💅🎀