vmw_svga_enable(9)

✨ NAME ✨

okay bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual page for vmw_svga_enable(9) — the function that is literally here to Enable SVGA mode, FIFO and use of VRAM. 💅

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

here’s the exact signature, no cap, we do not mess with the code:

void vmw_svga_enable (struct vmw_private *dev_priv );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• dev_priv — Pointer to device private struct. hand over that device-private pointer and let the function do its thing 🫶

💅 SEE ALSO 💅

if you’re doing the deep-lore scroll, these are the neighbors and besties:

• Kernel file ./drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_drv.c
• vmw_dummy_query_bo_create(9)
• vmw_request_device_late(9)
• vmw_release_device_early(9)
• vmw_release_device_late(9)
• vmw_dma_select_mode(9)
• vmw_dma_masks(9)
• __vmw_svga_enable(9)
• __vmw_svga_disable(9)
• vmw_svga_disable(9)

that’s the whole page, mwah 💋 — source/version: ./drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx · date: October 2026