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getAttribute

Generic method to retrieve some attribute of the framebuffer device.

Declaration

virtual IOReturn getAttribute(
 IOSelectattribute,
 uintptr_t *value );

Parameters

attribute:
Defines the attribute to be set. Some defined attributes are:
kIOHardwareCursorAttribute If the device supports a hardware cursor and implements the setCursorImage() and setCursorState() calls it should return true for this attribute.
value:
Returns the value for the attribute.

Return Value

an IOReturn code.

Overview

IOFramebuffer subclasses may implement this method to allow arbitrary attribute/value pairs to be returned.