vmw_view_add(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 vmw_view_add(9) — like, the Kernel API Manual page, bestie 🎀

Okay so this is vmw_view_add(9) from the Kernel API Manual, and we're gonna get you obsessed with it. It's giving "create a thing, stage the thing" energy. Let's go ✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

vmw_view_add — creates a view resource and stages it for addition as a command buffer managed resource. That's the whole vibe. 🫶

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

int vmw_view_add (struct vmw_cmdbuf_res_manager *man , struct
vmw_resource *ctx , struct vmw_resource *srf , enum vmw_view_type
view_type , u32 user_key , const void *cmd , size_t cmd_size , struct
list_head *list );

💖 ARGUMENTS 💖

  • man — pointer to the compat shader manager, which is the icon that identifies the shader namespace. 👑
  • ctx — pointer to a struct vmw_resource identifying the active context. The main character context, if you will.
  • srf — pointer to a struct vmw_resource identifying the surface that the view points to. It's literally pointing at it. 🫵
  • view_type — the view type, deduced from the view create command. It's giving "we figured it out from context" 💅
  • user_key — the key used to identify the shader. Ngl this key is unique to the view type and to the context — no reusing, no cap. 🔑
  • cmd — pointer to the view create command in the command stream. The actual command, fr fr.
  • cmd_size — size of the view create command in the command stream. Gotta know how big it is, bestie. 📏
  • list — the caller's list of staged command buffer resource actions. Your list, your rules. 🎀

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

Kernel file ./drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_so.c, plus the whole friend group:

Okay that's the whole page!! This came from ./drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx, dated October 2026, and honestly? Iconic. Go stage some command buffer managed resources, bestie — you're gonna slay 💜🌸✨

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