vmw_view_bindings_add(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 vmw_view_bindings_add(9) 💅

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual page for vmw_view_bindings_add(9) — yes that (9) is the section number, we're in kernel-land now, buckle up 🎀

✨ NAME ✨

vmw_view_bindings_add — literally adds a whole array of view bindings to a context binding state tracker. no cap, that's the whole gig 🦋

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

int vmw_view_bindings_add (struct vmw_sw_context *sw_context , enum
vmw_view_type view_type , enum vmw_ctx_binding_type binding_type ,
uint32 shader_slot , uint32 view_ids[] , u32 num_views , u32 first_slot
);

like, it returns an int, and it takes a lot of arguments. we love a function with range 💅

💖 ARGUMENTS 💖

okay so here's the cast of characters, and every single one of them matters:

  • sw_context — the execbuf state that's being used for this command. it's giving "the main character of this whole operation" energy 👑
  • view_type — the view type for the bindings. of type enum vmw_view_type btw, keep up 🫶
  • binding_type — the binding type for the bindings. yes that's the whole description, no notes, of type enum vmw_ctx_binding_type ✨
  • shader_slot — the shader slot to use for the bindings. a uint32, iconic 🎀
  • view_ids — the array of view ids to be bound. this is the uint32 view_ids[] moment, the actual payload, the whole point 🔥
  • num_views — how many view ids are chilling in view_ids. a u32, no cap 🧚
  • first_slot — the binding slot to be used for the first view id in view_ids. the rest just queue up behind it, iykyk 🌈

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

okay this list is enormous and honestly lowkey iconic for it. here's every single thing, all of it, not skipping a single one 💀

Kernel file ./drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_execbuf.c — that's where all of this lives, bestie 🍓

And then, the extended universe:

like, genuinely go read some of these if you're touching execbuf stuff. they're all right there in ./drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/ and they are not decorative 💀

okay that's the whole page bestie, you ate that 💅✨

and a lil sign-off: this cutie lives in ./drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx, it's dated October 2026, and the page itself is vmw_view_bindings_add(9) — go forth and bind those views, mwah 🫶🎀🦋

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