vmw_surface_...arget_format(9)

💅 vmw_surface_is_dx_screen_target_format — a Kernel API Manual moment ✨

okay so bestie, this is one of those tiny little helper pages from the Kernel API Manual and honestly? she's short but she knows exactly what she's about 🎀

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🌸 NAME 🌸

vmw_surface_is_dx_screen_target_format — literally answers the question "is this format usable as a ScreenTarget?" (with DX10 enabled, iykyk) 💖

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

bool vmw_surface_is_dx_screen_target_format (SVGA3dSurfaceFormat format );

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🫶 ARGUMENTS 🫶

• format — the format you're querying, bestie. that's the one you're asking about 👑

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

the results, no cap:

• true if the queried format is valid for screen targets ✨

that's it, that's the whole vibe check 🌈

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

• Kernel file ./drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmw_surface_cache.h
• vmw_surface_get_desc(9)
• vmw_surface_get_mip_size(9)
• vmw_surface_get_image_buffer_size(9)
• vmw_surface_get_serialized_size(9)
• vmw_surface_get_serialized_size_extended(9)
• vmw_surface_get_pixel_offset(9)
• vmw_surface_is_gb_screen_target_format(9)
• vmw_surface_is_screen_target_format(9)
• struct vmw_surface_mip(9)
• struct vmw_surface_cache(9)
• struct vmw_surface_loc(9)
• vmw_surface_subres(9)
• vmw_surface_setup_cache(9)
• vmw_surface_get_loc(9)
• vmw_surface_inc_loc(9)
• vmw_surface_min_loc(9)

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and that's the page, bestie!! this one came from ./drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx, dated October 2026, and she goes by vmw_surface_...arget_format(9) — periodt 💅💖🔥