DRM (Direct Rendering Manager)

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Linux kernel subsystem graphics subsystem

DRM (Direct Rendering Manager) is a Linux kernel subsystem that manages graphics processing units (GPUs) and provides an interface for efficient, direct rendering of graphics.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Direct Rendering Infrastructure 1

Statements (65)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Linux kernel subsystem ⓘ
graphics subsystem ⓘ
abbreviation DRM NERFINISHED ⓘ
category Linux graphics stack NERFINISHED ⓘ
device drivers ⓘ
component DRM core ⓘ
DRM drivers ⓘ
GEM (Graphics Execution Manager) NERFINISHED ⓘ
KMS (Kernel Mode Setting) NERFINISHED ⓘ
TTM (Translation Table Maps) NERFINISHED ⓘ
designedFor compositors ⓘ
display servers ⓘ
user-space graphics drivers ⓘ
documentedIn Linux kernel documentation ⓘ
exposesInterface /dev/dri/* device nodes ⓘ
fullName Direct Rendering Manager NERFINISHED ⓘ
handles GPU resource sharing between processes ⓘ
access control to GPU hardware ⓘ
framebuffer management ⓘ
hasDriver amdgpu NERFINISHED ⓘ
ast ⓘ
i915 NERFINISHED ⓘ
nouveau NERFINISHED ⓘ
qxl NERFINISHED ⓘ
radeon NERFINISHED ⓘ
rockchip DRM driver ⓘ
simpledrm ⓘ
virtio-gpu NERFINISHED ⓘ
vmwgfx ⓘ
implements buffer management ⓘ
command submission to GPUs ⓘ
interrupt handling for GPUs ⓘ
kernel mode setting ⓘ
memory management for GPU buffers ⓘ
mode setting ⓘ
synchronization primitives for GPU access ⓘ
introducedIn Linux 2.3 development series NERFINISHED ⓘ
license GPL-compatible ⓘ
maintainedBy Linux kernel graphics maintainers ⓘ
manages GPUs ⓘ
graphics processing units ⓘ
operatingSystem Linux ⓘ
partOf Linux kernel NERFINISHED ⓘ
primaryGoal efficient direct rendering of graphics ⓘ
secure access to GPU hardware ⓘ
provides direct rendering interface ⓘ
kernel-level graphics API ⓘ
relatedTo Direct Rendering Infrastructure (DRI) NERFINISHED ⓘ
KMS (Kernel Mode Setting) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mesa 3D Graphics Library NERFINISHED ⓘ
Wayland protocol NERFINISHED ⓘ
X.Org video drivers NERFINISHED ⓘ
supports 2D graphics acceleration ⓘ
3D graphics acceleration ⓘ
display controllers ⓘ
multiple GPUs ⓘ
multiple displays ⓘ
video acceleration ⓘ
usedBy DRI2 NERFINISHED ⓘ
DRI3 ⓘ
Direct Rendering Infrastructure NERFINISHED ⓘ
KMS-based display servers ⓘ
Mesa 3D NERFINISHED ⓘ
Wayland compositors ⓘ
X.Org Server NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

hosted on freedesktop.org → compatibleWith → DRM (Direct Rendering Manager) ⓘ
subject surface form: Wayland
XVideo → relatedTo → DRM (Direct Rendering Manager) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Direct Rendering Infrastructure
Mutter → supports → DRM (Direct Rendering Manager) ⓘ