IOFramebuffer
The base class for graphics devices to be made available as part of the desktop.
Declaration
class IOFramebuffer : IOGraphicsDeviceOverview
The IOFramebuffer base class defines APIs used to publish a linear framebuffer device. Device driver writers should subclass this class to provide a X native driver. macOS will also utilize 'ndrv' drivers via a subclass of IOFramebuffer IONDRVFramebuffer that does not require device driver writers to provide a X native driver.
There are no in kernel clients of IOFramebuffer aside from rudimentary console and panic UI supported by the IOFramebuffer class. The IOFramebuffer class provides the IOUserClient implementation to allow the CoreGraphics server to provide the user accessible interface to all displays on a macOS system, and this is further layered underneath application frameworks. Device driver writers should not need any knowledge of this part of the interfaces. Similarly the instance variables of IOFramebuffer are mostly used for cursor rendering which is handled by the IOFramebuffer class, and should be avoided by subclass implementors. Only IOFramebuffer methods with header documentation in this header are designed for subclasses to implement.
IOFramebuffer provides simple framebuffer operation - acceleration for 2D, 3D and video may be provided by a separate implementation of the IOAccelerator class.
Topics
Miscellaneous
connectFlagsconvertCursorImagedoI2CRequestenableControllerflushCursorgetApertureRangegetAppleSensegetAttributegetAttributeForConnectiongetConnectionCountgetCurrentDisplayMode(IODisplayModeID *, IOIndex *)getDDCBlockgetDisplayModeCountgetDisplayModesgetInformationForDisplayModegetPixelFormatsgetPixelFormatsForDisplayModegetPixelInformationgetStartupDisplayModegetTimingInfoForDisplayModegetVRAMRangehandleEventhasDDCConnectreadDDCClockreadDDCDataregisterForInterruptTypesetApertureEnablesetAttributesetAttributeForConnectionsetCLUTWithEntriessetCurrentDisplayModesetCursorImagesetCursorStatesetDDCClocksetDDCDatasetDetailedTimingssetDisplayModesetGammaTablesetInterruptStatesetStartupDisplayModeunregisterInterrupt(void *)unregisterInterrupt(void *, UInt32)validateDetailedTiming
DataTypes
Instance Variables
Instance Methods
addFramebufferNotificationaddFramebufferNotificationWithOptionsattachcallPlatformFunctioncloseconnectFlagsconvertCursorImagedeliverFramebufferNotificationdiagnoseReportdidTerminatedoI2CRequestenableControllerenableDDCRasterflushCursorfreegetAggressivenessgetApertureRangegetAppleSensegetAttributegetAttributeExtgetAttributeForConnectiongetAttributeForConnectionExtgetBoundingRectgetConnectionCountgetControllerWorkLoopgetCurrentDisplayModegetDDCBlockgetDisplayModeCountgetDisplayModesgetGraphicsSystemWorkLoopgetInformationForDisplayModegetMetaClassgetNotificationSemaphoregetPixelFormatsgetPixelFormatsForDisplayModegetPixelInformationgetStartupDisplayModegetTimingInfoForDisplayModegetVBLTimegetVRAMRangegetWorkLoophandleEventhasDDCConnecthideCursorisConsoleDevicemessagemoveCursornewUserClientopenpowerStateDidChangeTopowerStateWillChangeToreadDDCClockreadDDCDataregisterForInterruptTyperequestProberequestTerminateresetCursorresetLimitStatesendLimitStateserializeInfosetAggressivenesssetApertureEnablesetAttributesetAttributeExtsetAttributeForConnectionsetAttributeForConnectionExtsetBackingFramebuffersetCLUTWithEntriessetCursorImagesetCursorStatesetDDCClocksetDDCDatasetDetailedTimingssetDisplayModesetGammaTablesetInterruptStatesetNumbersetPowerStatesetPropertiessetStartupDisplayModesetupForCurrentConfigshowCursorstartstopswitchBackingFramebufferterminateunregisterInterruptvalidateDetailedTimingwillTerminate