diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 0b128405..e0938a63 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -2930,6 +2930,36 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows-sys 0.61.2",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "pf-vdisplay"
+version = "0.12.0"
+dependencies = [
+ "anyhow",
+ "ashpd",
+ "bytemuck",
+ "futures-util",
+ "hex",
+ "libc",
+ "pf-driver-proto",
+ "pf-encode",
+ "pf-frame",
+ "pf-gpu",
+ "pf-host-config",
+ "pf-paths",
+ "pf-win-display",
+ "punktfunk-core",
+ "serde",
+ "serde_json",
+ "sha2",
+ "tokio",
+ "tracing",
+ "utoipa",
+ "wayland-backend",
+ "wayland-client",
+ "wayland-scanner",
+ "windows 0.62.2 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "pf-win-display"
 version = "0.12.0"
@@ -3259,6 +3289,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "pf-host-config",
  "pf-inject",
  "pf-paths",
+ "pf-vdisplay",
  "pf-win-display",
  "pf-zerocopy",
  "pipewire",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 9793eb2a..c8e6363f 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ members = [
     "crates/pf-encode",
     "crates/pf-capture",
     "crates/pf-inject",
+    "crates/pf-vdisplay",
     "crates/pyrowave-sys",
     "clients/probe",
     "clients/linux",
diff --git a/crates/pf-vdisplay/Cargo.toml b/crates/pf-vdisplay/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8f186085
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/pf-vdisplay/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+# Virtual-display orchestration (plan §W6): the on-demand client-sized headless output — per-compositor
+# Linux backends (KWin zkde-screencast, wlroots swaymsg, Mutter RemoteDesktop, Hyprland) and the
+# Windows IddCx/pf-vdisplay driver backend — behind one VirtualDisplay trait, plus the mode-conflict
+# admission registry and the DDC/CI panel control. Extracted into a subsystem crate; depends on the
+# shared leaves (pf-frame's DXGI identity, pf-win-display's CCD helpers, pf-gpu, pf-paths) + pf-encode
+# (the NVENC session-budget admission gate), never on capture/inject or the orchestrator (the display
+# lifecycle events invert to a host-registered sink).
+[package]
+name = "pf-vdisplay"
+version = "0.12.0"
+edition = "2021"
+rust-version.workspace = true
+license = "MIT OR Apache-2.0"
+description = "punktfunk host virtual-display orchestration: per-compositor Linux backends + the Windows IddCx driver backend behind one VirtualDisplay trait."
+publish = false
+
+[dependencies]
+punktfunk-core = { path = "../punktfunk-core", features = ["quic"] }
+pf-frame = { path = "../pf-frame" }
+pf-gpu = { path = "../pf-gpu" }
+pf-host-config = { path = "../pf-host-config" }
+pf-paths = { path = "../pf-paths" }
+pf-win-display = { path = "../pf-win-display" }
+# The Windows admission gate consults NVENC's session budget (can_open_another_session).
+pf-encode = { path = "../pf-encode" }
+anyhow = "1"
+tracing = "0.1"
+# The platform-neutral policy/identity/custom-preset state is serde-serialized (persisted + the mgmt
+# API), and the policy/preset types derive utoipa `ToSchema` for the OpenAPI document.
+serde = { version = "1", features = ["derive"] }
+serde_json = "1"
+utoipa = { version = "5", features = ["axum_extras"] }
+sha2 = "0.10"
+hex = "0.4"
+
+[target.'cfg(target_os = "linux")'.dependencies]
+libc = "0.2"
+# The Mutter backend drives D-Bus RemoteDesktop + ScreenCast.RecordVirtual via ashpd on a tokio
+# runtime; the gamescope restore worker + portal handshakes use tokio too.
+ashpd = { version = "0.13", features = ["screencast", "remote_desktop"] }
+tokio = { version = "1", features = ["rt", "rt-multi-thread", "macros", "net", "time"] }
+futures-util = "0.3"
+# KWin virtual-output creation via the privileged `zkde_screencast_unstable_v1` protocol (vendored in
+# `protocols/`); the generated interface tables reference `wayland-backend`.
+wayland-client = "0.31"
+wayland-scanner = "0.31"
+wayland-backend = "0.3"
+
+[target.'cfg(target_os = "windows")'.dependencies]
+# The host<->driver wire contract for the pf-vdisplay IddCx backend (control IOCTLs + Pod structs).
+pf-driver-proto = { path = "../pf-driver-proto" }
+bytemuck = { version = "1.19", features = ["derive"] }
+windows = { version = "0.62", features = [
+    "Win32_Foundation",
+    "Win32_Devices_DeviceAndDriverInstallation",
+    "Win32_Devices_Display",
+    "Win32_Graphics_Gdi",
+    "Win32_Storage_FileSystem",
+    "Win32_System_IO",
+    "Win32_System_Threading",
+] }
diff --git a/crates/punktfunk-host/protocols/zkde-screencast-unstable-v1.xml b/crates/pf-vdisplay/protocols/zkde-screencast-unstable-v1.xml
similarity index 100%
rename from crates/punktfunk-host/protocols/zkde-screencast-unstable-v1.xml
rename to crates/pf-vdisplay/protocols/zkde-screencast-unstable-v1.xml
diff --git a/crates/punktfunk-host/src/vdisplay.rs b/crates/pf-vdisplay/src/lib.rs
similarity index 90%
rename from crates/punktfunk-host/src/vdisplay.rs
rename to crates/pf-vdisplay/src/lib.rs
index c1a66ce3..acfa3698 100644
--- a/crates/punktfunk-host/src/vdisplay.rs
+++ b/crates/pf-vdisplay/src/lib.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-//! Virtual display orchestration (plan §6) — the project's differentiator.
+//! Virtual display orchestration (plan §6 / §W6) — the project's differentiator.
 //!
 //! A [`VirtualDisplay`] creates a *client-sized* output on demand, rendered natively and
 //! headless (no scaling), to be captured and streamed, then torn down on disconnect. There is
@@ -11,8 +11,10 @@
 //!
 //! [`VirtualDisplay::create`] returns a [`VirtualOutput`]: the PipeWire node to capture plus an
 //! owned keepalive whose `Drop` releases the output (RAII — no explicit `destroy`). Capture
-//! consumes the node via [`crate::capture::capture_virtual_output`].
+//! consumes the node via the host `capture::capture_virtual_output`.
 
+// Scaffold: some backend paths + Stage-3 identity are defined ahead of the target that uses them.
+#![allow(dead_code)]
 // Every `unsafe` block in this file carries a `// SAFETY:` proof; enforce it (unsafe-proof program).
 #![deny(clippy::undocumented_unsafe_blocks)]
 
@@ -21,8 +23,36 @@ pub use punktfunk_core::Mode;
 #[cfg(target_os = "linux")]
 use std::os::fd::OwnedFd;
 
+/// A display-lifecycle event the registry emits when it creates or releases a managed virtual
+/// display. The host wires [`DISPLAY_EVENT_SINK`] to translate these into its SSE event bus
+/// (`crate::events` in the orchestrator), so this crate emits lifecycle signals without owning the
+/// bus type — the one reach into the orchestrator's event module, inverted to a leaf hook (plan §W6).
+pub enum DisplayEvent {
+    /// A virtual display was created on `backend` at `width`×`height`@`refresh_hz`.
+    Created {
+        backend: String,
+        width: u32,
+        height: u32,
+        refresh_hz: u32,
+    },
+    /// `count` managed displays were released.
+    Released { count: u32 },
+}
+
+/// The host-registered sink that forwards [`DisplayEvent`]s to the SSE bus. Set once at startup; a
+/// display event before it is set is silently dropped (no subscriber yet).
+pub static DISPLAY_EVENT_SINK: std::sync::OnceLock<Box<dyn Fn(DisplayEvent) + Send + Sync>> =
+    std::sync::OnceLock::new();
+
+/// Emit a [`DisplayEvent`] to the host sink, if registered.
+pub(crate) fn emit_display_event(ev: DisplayEvent) {
+    if let Some(sink) = DISPLAY_EVENT_SINK.get() {
+        sink(ev);
+    }
+}
+
 /// The virtual-display backend contract — [`DisplayOwnership`], [`VirtualOutput`], and the
-/// [`VirtualDisplay`] trait (plan §W3). Re-exported so `crate::vdisplay::VirtualDisplay` etc. stay
+/// [`VirtualDisplay`] trait (plan §W3). Re-exported so `crate::VirtualDisplay` etc. stay
 /// stable for the ~30 external call sites.
 #[path = "vdisplay/backend.rs"]
 pub(crate) mod backend;
@@ -104,7 +134,7 @@ impl Compositor {
             Compositor::Gamescope => P::Gamescope,
             // D2: no distinct wire byte for Hyprland — it shares the wlroots-family `Wlroots` pref.
             // A client asking for `wlroots`/`hyprland` gets whichever of the two is the live session
-            // ([`pick_compositor`](crate::native::pick_compositor) resolves the family).
+            // (`pick_compositor` (host `native`) resolves the family).
             Compositor::Hyprland => P::Wlroots,
         }
     }
@@ -244,11 +274,11 @@ pub fn open(compositor: Compositor) -> Result<Box<dyn VirtualDisplay>> {
         // `ensure_available` self-heals the hostless-zombie state a WUDFHost crash leaves (adapter
         // devnode present, interface gone): one device cycle + re-probe before giving up.
         anyhow::ensure!(
-            pf_vdisplay::ensure_available(),
+            driver::ensure_available(),
             "pf-vdisplay driver interface not found — the pf-vdisplay IddCx driver is not installed or \
              not loaded (the host installer bundles it; reinstall or check the driver state)"
         );
-        Ok(Box::new(pf_vdisplay::PfVdisplayDisplay::new()?))
+        Ok(Box::new(driver::PfVdisplayDisplay::new()?))
     }
     #[cfg(not(any(target_os = "linux", target_os = "windows")))]
     {
@@ -280,7 +310,7 @@ pub fn probe(compositor: Compositor) -> Result<()> {
     #[cfg(target_os = "windows")]
     {
         let _ = compositor;
-        pf_vdisplay::probe()
+        driver::probe()
     }
     #[cfg(not(any(target_os = "linux", target_os = "windows")))]
     {
@@ -293,7 +323,7 @@ pub fn probe(compositor: Compositor) -> Result<()> {
 // layered above the per-compositor backends — platform-neutral (the mgmt API + both host paths read
 // it), so no cfg gate. See `design/display-management.md`.
 #[path = "vdisplay/policy.rs"]
-pub(crate) mod policy;
+pub mod policy;
 
 // The pure per-display lifecycle state machine (refcount + linger + pin), platform-neutral and
 // property-tested; the registry executes the side effects its transitions dictate.
@@ -303,7 +333,7 @@ pub(crate) mod lifecycle;
 // The neutral snapshot/release facade over the per-OS lifecycle owners (Windows manager; Linux pool
 // later), for the management API's /display/state + /display/release.
 #[path = "vdisplay/registry.rs"]
-pub(crate) mod registry;
+pub mod registry;
 
 // The pure display-arrangement engine (auto-row / manual → per-member positions), platform-neutral
 // and unit-tested; the registry (state readout) and the KWin position apply consume it.
@@ -356,7 +386,7 @@ pub fn effective_topology() -> policy::Topology {
 }
 
 // Goal-1 stage 6: per-compositor Linux backends under `vdisplay/linux/`, the Windows IddCx/SudoVDA
-// backends under `vdisplay/windows/`; `#[path]` keeps the `crate::vdisplay::*` module names flat.
+// backends under `vdisplay/windows/`; `#[path]` keeps the `crate::*` module names flat.
 #[cfg(target_os = "linux")]
 #[path = "vdisplay/linux/gamescope.rs"]
 mod gamescope;
@@ -371,7 +401,7 @@ pub(crate) mod identity;
 // Platform-neutral mode-conflict admission (Stage 4): the separate/join/steal/reject decision + the
 // live-session registry, wired into the punktfunk/1 handshake.
 #[path = "vdisplay/admission.rs"]
-pub(crate) mod admission;
+pub mod admission;
 
 #[cfg(target_os = "linux")]
 #[path = "vdisplay/linux/hyprland.rs"]
@@ -383,7 +413,13 @@ mod kwin;
 
 #[cfg(target_os = "windows")]
 #[path = "vdisplay/windows/manager.rs"]
-pub(crate) mod manager;
+pub mod manager;
+
+// DDC/CI panel power control (physical monitors), used only by the Windows manager to blank/wake the
+// box's real panels around a virtual-display session — moved in with the subsystem (plan §W6).
+#[cfg(target_os = "windows")]
+#[path = "vdisplay/ddc.rs"]
+mod ddc;
 
 #[cfg(target_os = "linux")]
 #[path = "vdisplay/linux/mutter.rs"]
@@ -391,7 +427,7 @@ mod mutter;
 
 #[cfg(target_os = "windows")]
 #[path = "vdisplay/windows/pf_vdisplay.rs"]
-pub(crate) mod pf_vdisplay;
+pub mod driver;
 
 #[cfg(target_os = "linux")]
 #[path = "vdisplay/linux/wlroots.rs"]
diff --git a/crates/punktfunk-host/src/vdisplay/admission.rs b/crates/pf-vdisplay/src/vdisplay/admission.rs
similarity index 99%
rename from crates/punktfunk-host/src/vdisplay/admission.rs
rename to crates/pf-vdisplay/src/vdisplay/admission.rs
index 21771728..66c6e389 100644
--- a/crates/punktfunk-host/src/vdisplay/admission.rs
+++ b/crates/pf-vdisplay/src/vdisplay/admission.rs
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 use std::sync::atomic::{AtomicBool, AtomicU64, Ordering};
 use std::sync::{Arc, Mutex, OnceLock};
 
-use crate::vdisplay::policy::{self, ModeConflict};
+use crate::policy::{self, ModeConflict};
 
 /// A currently-live session, as admission sees it.
 #[derive(Clone)]
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ pub fn admit(req_identity: Option<[u8; 32]>) -> Admission {
                 "host display budget exhausted: {slots} display(s) live/kept, max_displays = {max}"
             ));
         }
-        if !crate::encode::can_open_another_session() {
+        if !pf_encode::can_open_another_session() {
             return Admission::Reject(
                 "host encoder budget exhausted: no NVENC session headroom for another display"
                     .to_string(),
diff --git a/crates/punktfunk-host/src/vdisplay/backend.rs b/crates/pf-vdisplay/src/vdisplay/backend.rs
similarity index 96%
rename from crates/punktfunk-host/src/vdisplay/backend.rs
rename to crates/pf-vdisplay/src/vdisplay/backend.rs
index c4f748e2..49ce7830 100644
--- a/crates/punktfunk-host/src/vdisplay/backend.rs
+++ b/crates/pf-vdisplay/src/vdisplay/backend.rs
@@ -46,25 +46,25 @@ pub struct VirtualOutput {
     /// its virtual monitor FROM the negotiation**, so here it's what makes the client's mode real.
     pub preferred_mode: Option<(u32, u32, u32)>,
     /// Windows capture identity (DXGI adapter LUID + GDI output name) for the pf-vdisplay backend —
-    /// what [`crate::capture::capture_virtual_output`] needs to duplicate the right output.
+    /// what the host `capture::capture_virtual_output` needs to duplicate the right output.
     #[cfg(target_os = "windows")]
-    pub win_capture: Option<crate::capture::dxgi::WinCaptureTarget>,
+    pub win_capture: Option<pf_frame::dxgi::WinCaptureTarget>,
     /// Keeps the output — and whatever connection/thread backs it — alive; dropped on teardown.
     pub keepalive: Box<dyn Send>,
     /// Who owns this display's lifecycle (`design/gamemode-and-dedicated-sessions.md` A1). The
     /// registry pools/keep-alives only [`DisplayOwnership::Owned`] outputs; `External`/`SessionManaged`
     /// pass through (the capturer holds the keepalive, teardown on drop). Defaults to `Owned`.
     pub ownership: DisplayOwnership,
-    /// `Some(gen)` when [`registry::acquire`](crate::vdisplay::registry::acquire) handed this back as a
+    /// `Some(gen)` when [`registry::acquire`](crate::registry::acquire) handed this back as a
     /// **reused** kept display (`design/gamemode-and-dedicated-sessions.md` A2), so the pipeline builder
-    /// can [`registry::mark_failed(gen)`](crate::vdisplay::registry::mark_failed) if the first frame
+    /// can [`registry::mark_failed(gen)`](crate::registry::mark_failed) if the first frame
     /// fails on it — tearing the corpse down so the retry loop's next acquire creates fresh instead of
     /// re-wedging on the same dead node. `None` on a fresh create / non-poolable output. Linux-only (the
     /// keep-alive pool is Linux).
     #[cfg(target_os = "linux")]
     pub reused_gen: Option<u64>,
     /// The registry pool generation of this display (fresh AND reused — unlike `reused_gen`), so a
-    /// mid-stream mode-switch rebuild can [`registry::retire`](crate::vdisplay::registry::retire) the
+    /// mid-stream mode-switch rebuild can [`registry::retire`](crate::registry::retire) the
     /// display it supersedes instead of leaving it to accumulate under a linger/forever keep-alive
     /// policy (`design/midstream-resolution-resize.md` H4). `None` for non-poolable outputs.
     /// Linux-only (the keep-alive pool is Linux).
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ pub trait VirtualDisplay: Send {
     /// it (its nested session dies when the game exits, independently of any compositor); KWin/Mutter
     /// nodes die only with their compositor, which the session-epoch invalidation (A4) already reaps.
     ///
-    /// [`mark_failed`]: crate::vdisplay::registry::mark_failed
+    /// [`mark_failed`]: crate::registry::mark_failed
     fn kept_display_alive(&mut self, _node_id: u32) -> bool {
         true
     }
diff --git a/crates/punktfunk-host/src/windows/ddc.rs b/crates/pf-vdisplay/src/vdisplay/ddc.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from crates/punktfunk-host/src/windows/ddc.rs
rename to crates/pf-vdisplay/src/vdisplay/ddc.rs
diff --git a/crates/punktfunk-host/src/vdisplay/identity.rs b/crates/pf-vdisplay/src/vdisplay/identity.rs
similarity index 97%
rename from crates/punktfunk-host/src/vdisplay/identity.rs
rename to crates/pf-vdisplay/src/vdisplay/identity.rs
index b8bc1711..4d55c191 100644
--- a/crates/punktfunk-host/src/vdisplay/identity.rs
+++ b/crates/pf-vdisplay/src/vdisplay/identity.rs
@@ -167,10 +167,10 @@ pub(crate) fn global() -> &'static Mutex<DisplayIdentityMap> {
 pub(crate) fn resolve_slot(
     fp: Option<[u8; 32]>,
     mode: (u32, u32),
-    default: crate::vdisplay::policy::Identity,
+    default: crate::policy::Identity,
 ) -> Option<u32> {
-    use crate::vdisplay::policy::Identity;
-    let id_policy = crate::vdisplay::policy::prefs()
+    use crate::policy::Identity;
+    let id_policy = crate::policy::prefs()
         .configured_effective()
         .map(|e| e.identity)
         .unwrap_or(default);
@@ -201,9 +201,9 @@ const SCALE_FILE: &str = "display-scale.json";
 pub(crate) fn scale_key(
     fp: Option<[u8; 32]>,
     mode: (u32, u32),
-    default: crate::vdisplay::policy::Identity,
+    default: crate::policy::Identity,
 ) -> String {
-    let id_policy = crate::vdisplay::policy::prefs()
+    let id_policy = crate::policy::prefs()
         .configured_effective()
         .map(|e| e.identity)
         .unwrap_or(default);
@@ -212,11 +212,11 @@ pub(crate) fn scale_key(
 
 /// Pure core of [`scale_key`] (policy already resolved) — unit-testable without the global store.
 fn scale_key_for(
-    policy: crate::vdisplay::policy::Identity,
+    policy: crate::policy::Identity,
     fp: Option<[u8; 32]>,
     mode: (u32, u32),
 ) -> String {
-    use crate::vdisplay::policy::Identity;
+    use crate::policy::Identity;
     match (policy, fp) {
         (Identity::Shared, _) | (_, None) => "shared".to_string(),
         (Identity::PerClient, Some(fp)) => identity_key(fp, mode, false),
@@ -343,7 +343,7 @@ mod tests {
 
     #[test]
     fn scale_key_follows_the_identity_policy() {
-        use crate::vdisplay::policy::Identity;
+        use crate::policy::Identity;
         // Shared / anonymous → the fixed shared slot.
         assert_eq!(
             scale_key_for(Identity::Shared, Some(fp(1)), (1920, 1080)),
diff --git a/crates/punktfunk-host/src/vdisplay/layout.rs b/crates/pf-vdisplay/src/vdisplay/layout.rs
similarity index 99%
rename from crates/punktfunk-host/src/vdisplay/layout.rs
rename to crates/pf-vdisplay/src/vdisplay/layout.rs
index 55f8b742..e7d71eb1 100644
--- a/crates/punktfunk-host/src/vdisplay/layout.rs
+++ b/crates/pf-vdisplay/src/vdisplay/layout.rs
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ pub fn arrange(members: &[Member], layout: &Layout) -> Vec<Placement> {
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
     use super::*;
-    use crate::vdisplay::policy::Position;
+    use crate::policy::Position;
     use std::collections::BTreeMap;
 
     fn m(slot: Option<u32>, width: i32) -> Member {
diff --git a/crates/punktfunk-host/src/vdisplay/lifecycle.rs b/crates/pf-vdisplay/src/vdisplay/lifecycle.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from crates/punktfunk-host/src/vdisplay/lifecycle.rs
rename to crates/pf-vdisplay/src/vdisplay/lifecycle.rs
diff --git a/crates/punktfunk-host/src/vdisplay/linux/gamescope.rs b/crates/pf-vdisplay/src/vdisplay/linux/gamescope.rs
similarity index 99%
rename from crates/punktfunk-host/src/vdisplay/linux/gamescope.rs
rename to crates/pf-vdisplay/src/vdisplay/linux/gamescope.rs
index c5975f7f..9b2fba0e 100644
--- a/crates/punktfunk-host/src/vdisplay/linux/gamescope.rs
+++ b/crates/pf-vdisplay/src/vdisplay/linux/gamescope.rs
@@ -195,9 +195,9 @@ impl VirtualDisplay for GamescopeDisplay {
         // Only a bare SPAWN is registry-poolable (its `create` reports `Owned`); managed
         // (`PUNKTFUNK_GAMESCOPE_SESSION`) and attach (`PUNKTFUNK_GAMESCOPE_NODE`) report
         // `SessionManaged`/`External`, so the registry must not reuse a kept spawn for them (same
-        // backend name). Mirrors [`crate::vdisplay::launch_is_nested`]; read under the env lock the
+        // backend name). Mirrors [`crate::launch_is_nested`]; read under the env lock the
         // sub-mode ladder writes these keys under.
-        crate::vdisplay::with_env_lock(|| {
+        crate::with_env_lock(|| {
             std::env::var_os("PUNKTFUNK_GAMESCOPE_SESSION").is_none()
                 && std::env::var_os("PUNKTFUNK_GAMESCOPE_NODE").is_none()
         })
@@ -395,7 +395,7 @@ fn steamos_session_present() -> bool {
 
 /// Does this box have the infrastructure the MANAGED gamescope mode drives — Bazzite's
 /// `gamescope-session-plus` or SteamOS's `gamescope-session`? The sub-mode ladder
-/// ([`crate::vdisplay::apply_input_env`]) only defaults to managed when this is true; a plain
+/// ([`crate::apply_input_env`]) only defaults to managed when this is true; a plain
 /// distro (neither present) falls through to the bare-spawn path instead of the old behaviour of
 /// defaulting to managed and then bailing on the missing session script.
 pub fn managed_session_available() -> bool {
@@ -1027,7 +1027,7 @@ pub fn cancel_pending_restore() {
 ///     manual return to gaming mode (the `gaming-rig` "the TV model" story, now truthful on gamescope);
 ///   * unconfigured → the historical 5 s [`RESTORE_DEBOUNCE`] (bit-for-bit today's behavior).
 fn restore_delay() -> Option<Duration> {
-    use crate::vdisplay::policy::{self, Linger};
+    use crate::policy::{self, Linger};
     match policy::prefs()
         .configured_effective()
         .map(|e| e.keep_alive.linger())
@@ -1328,19 +1328,19 @@ fn stop_session(unit_name: &str) {
 }
 
 /// File where the wrapper below writes gamescope's `LIBEI_SOCKET` (its EIS server socket), read by
-/// the libei injector to drive input into the nested app. See [`crate::inject`].
+/// the libei injector to drive input into the nested app. See the `pf-inject` crate.
 ///
 /// Placed under `$XDG_RUNTIME_DIR` (a per-user, 0700 directory) — NOT a world-writable `/tmp` —
 /// so a second unprivileged local user can neither read the relayed socket path nor pre-plant the
 /// file to redirect the host's injector to a rogue EIS server (which would let them keylog or deny
 /// the remote session's keyboard/mouse input; security-review 2026-06-28 #6). Falls back to `/tmp`
 /// only if `XDG_RUNTIME_DIR` is unset (gamescope itself requires it, so this is rare); the reader
-/// ([`crate::inject`]) additionally rejects a symlinked relay file as defense-in-depth.
+/// (the `pf-inject` crate) additionally rejects a symlinked relay file as defense-in-depth.
 pub fn ei_socket_file() -> std::path::PathBuf {
     // The path itself is the shared `pf_paths::gamescope_ei_socket_file` contract (also read by the
     // libei injector). Compute it under the session env lock so a concurrent session handshake's
     // `apply_session_env` XDG_RUNTIME_DIR retarget can't race this producer-side read.
-    crate::vdisplay::with_env_lock(pf_paths::gamescope_ei_socket_file)
+    crate::with_env_lock(pf_paths::gamescope_ei_socket_file)
 }
 
 /// Shape a resolved launch command for a bare-spawn gamescope session. A Steam URI launch
@@ -1398,7 +1398,7 @@ fn spawn(w: u32, h: u32, hz: u32, cmd: Option<&str>, log: &std::path::Path) -> R
         // Read the env fallback under the shared env lock so it can't race a concurrent session's
         // `set_var` of the same key (security-review 2026-06-28 #7).
         .or_else(|| {
-            crate::vdisplay::with_env_lock(|| std::env::var("PUNKTFUNK_GAMESCOPE_APP").ok())
+            crate::with_env_lock(|| std::env::var("PUNKTFUNK_GAMESCOPE_APP").ok())
         })
         .filter(|s| !s.trim().is_empty())
         .unwrap_or_else(|| "sleep infinity".to_string());
diff --git a/crates/punktfunk-host/src/vdisplay/linux/gamescope/discovery.rs b/crates/pf-vdisplay/src/vdisplay/linux/gamescope/discovery.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from crates/punktfunk-host/src/vdisplay/linux/gamescope/discovery.rs
rename to crates/pf-vdisplay/src/vdisplay/linux/gamescope/discovery.rs
diff --git a/crates/punktfunk-host/src/vdisplay/linux/hyprland.rs b/crates/pf-vdisplay/src/vdisplay/linux/hyprland.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from crates/punktfunk-host/src/vdisplay/linux/hyprland.rs
rename to crates/pf-vdisplay/src/vdisplay/linux/hyprland.rs
diff --git a/crates/punktfunk-host/src/vdisplay/linux/kwin.rs b/crates/pf-vdisplay/src/vdisplay/linux/kwin.rs
similarity index 99%
rename from crates/punktfunk-host/src/vdisplay/linux/kwin.rs
rename to crates/pf-vdisplay/src/vdisplay/linux/kwin.rs
index 5118c5ed..604e8cae 100644
--- a/crates/punktfunk-host/src/vdisplay/linux/kwin.rs
+++ b/crates/pf-vdisplay/src/vdisplay/linux/kwin.rs
@@ -147,10 +147,10 @@ impl VirtualDisplay for KwinDisplay {
         // persists by name). Shared / anonymous → the base `punktfunk` (today's single name). Linux
         // defaults to Shared when unconfigured, so this is a no-op change until a policy opts in — AND
         // it fixes the latent clash where two concurrent sessions both used `Virtual-punktfunk`.
-        let slot = crate::vdisplay::identity::resolve_slot(
+        let slot = crate::identity::resolve_slot(
             self.client_fp,
             (mode.width, mode.height),
-            crate::vdisplay::policy::Identity::Shared,
+            crate::policy::Identity::Shared,
         );
         self.last_slot = slot; // reported to the registry for the group arrangement + state slot
         let name = match slot {
@@ -192,8 +192,8 @@ impl VirtualDisplay for KwinDisplay {
         // `Exclusive` makes it the SOLE desktop (others disabled, restored on teardown) — so
         // plasmashell + windows land on the streamed surface, not the headless `kwin --virtual`
         // bootstrap output. Read from the policy (replacing the PUNKTFUNK_KWIN_VIRTUAL_PRIMARY boolean).
-        use crate::vdisplay::policy::Topology;
-        let disabled = match crate::vdisplay::effective_topology() {
+        use crate::policy::Topology;
+        let disabled = match crate::effective_topology() {
             Topology::Exclusive => apply_virtual_primary(&name),
             Topology::Primary => {
                 apply_virtual_primary_only(&name);
diff --git a/crates/punktfunk-host/src/vdisplay/linux/mutter.rs b/crates/pf-vdisplay/src/vdisplay/linux/mutter.rs
similarity index 98%
rename from crates/punktfunk-host/src/vdisplay/linux/mutter.rs
rename to crates/pf-vdisplay/src/vdisplay/linux/mutter.rs
index 82de2d36..539adc19 100644
--- a/crates/punktfunk-host/src/vdisplay/linux/mutter.rs
+++ b/crates/pf-vdisplay/src/vdisplay/linux/mutter.rs
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 //! `monitors.xml` keyed by connector+vendor+product+**serial**, but Mutter mints a fresh serial
 //! (`0x%.6x`, a per-shell counter) for every `RecordVirtual` monitor and the API offers no way to
 //! pass a stable identity — so GNOME's own persistence can never rematch our virtual output. The
-//! host persists the scale instead ([`identity::ScaleMap`](crate::vdisplay::identity), keyed per
+//! host persists the scale instead ([`identity::ScaleMap`](crate::identity), keyed per
 //! client / per the policy): reapplied at connect via the mode's `preferred-scale` plus the
 //! topology `ApplyMonitorsConfig`, and the user's mid-session changes are polled from
 //! DisplayConfig and written back.
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ pub struct MutterDisplay {
     /// The connecting client's cert fingerprint (set before [`create`](VirtualDisplay::create)) —
     /// keys the per-client persisted **scale** (GNOME can't persist it itself: Mutter mints a fresh
     /// EDID serial per `RecordVirtual` monitor, so `monitors.xml` never rematches; see
-    /// [`identity::ScaleMap`](crate::vdisplay::identity)).
+    /// [`identity::ScaleMap`](crate::identity)).
     client_fp: Option<[u8; 32]>,
     /// The identity slot the last `create` resolved — reported to the registry via
     /// [`last_identity_slot`](VirtualDisplay::last_identity_slot) to key the group arrangement +
@@ -123,17 +123,17 @@ impl VirtualDisplay for MutterDisplay {
         // owns the identity), so the per-client scaling that policy promises is host-persisted
         // instead: the session thread reapplies the remembered scale and records the user's
         // in-session changes under `scale_key`.
-        self.last_slot = crate::vdisplay::identity::resolve_slot(
+        self.last_slot = crate::identity::resolve_slot(
             self.client_fp,
             (mode.width, mode.height),
-            crate::vdisplay::policy::Identity::Shared,
+            crate::policy::Identity::Shared,
         );
-        let scale_key = crate::vdisplay::identity::scale_key(
+        let scale_key = crate::identity::scale_key(
             self.client_fp,
             (mode.width, mode.height),
-            crate::vdisplay::policy::Identity::Shared,
+            crate::policy::Identity::Shared,
         );
-        let remembered_scale = crate::vdisplay::identity::scales()
+        let remembered_scale = crate::identity::scales()
             .lock()
             .unwrap()
             .get(&scale_key);
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ impl Drop for StopGuard {
 /// non-first sibling extends into the group's already-exclusive desktop instead of re-clobbering it).
 /// `scale_key`/`remembered_scale` carry the per-client persisted scale: reapplied at connect,
 /// and the user's in-session changes are recorded back under the key (GNOME itself can't — see
-/// [`identity::ScaleMap`](crate::vdisplay::identity)).
+/// [`identity::ScaleMap`](crate::identity)).
 // TOPOLOGY_LOCK is deliberately held across the awaits of the setup/teardown sequences: each
 // session owns this dedicated OS thread and its own single-future runtime, so the guard never
 // blocks a shared executor — it blocks exactly the sibling session threads, which is the point
@@ -230,8 +230,8 @@ fn session_thread(
         // value. `Extend` leaves the virtual output an extension (no config change); `Primary` makes
         // it the primary monitor but keeps the physicals as secondaries; `Exclusive` makes it the
         // SOLE output (physicals disabled). `Auto` never reaches here — it's resolved upstream.
-        use crate::vdisplay::policy::Topology;
-        let topo = crate::vdisplay::effective_topology();
+        use crate::policy::Topology;
+        let topo = crate::effective_topology();
         let topo_policy = matches!(topo, Topology::Primary | Topology::Exclusive);
         // Group-aware (§6.1): only the FIRST display of the group establishes the topology. A later
         // sibling extends into the already-exclusive desktop — re-applying the sole-monitor config would
@@ -789,7 +789,7 @@ async fn persist_scale_change(dc: &zbus::Proxy<'_>, vconn: &str, scale_key: &str
         return;
     };
     if (cur - *known).abs() > 1e-3 {
-        crate::vdisplay::identity::scales()
+        crate::identity::scales()
             .lock()
             .unwrap()
             .set(scale_key, cur);
diff --git a/crates/punktfunk-host/src/vdisplay/linux/wlroots.rs b/crates/pf-vdisplay/src/vdisplay/linux/wlroots.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from crates/punktfunk-host/src/vdisplay/linux/wlroots.rs
rename to crates/pf-vdisplay/src/vdisplay/linux/wlroots.rs
diff --git a/crates/punktfunk-host/src/vdisplay/policy.rs b/crates/pf-vdisplay/src/vdisplay/policy.rs
similarity index 99%
rename from crates/punktfunk-host/src/vdisplay/policy.rs
rename to crates/pf-vdisplay/src/vdisplay/policy.rs
index f4d45bde..0fbdc741 100644
--- a/crates/punktfunk-host/src/vdisplay/policy.rs
+++ b/crates/pf-vdisplay/src/vdisplay/policy.rs
@@ -575,7 +575,7 @@ fn save_custom_presets(presets: &[CustomPreset]) -> Result<()> {
 }
 
 /// 12 hex chars from the name + wall-clock nanos — collision-free in practice, no uuid dep (the
-/// [`crate::library`] custom-entry id scheme).
+/// the host `library` custom-entry id scheme).
 fn new_preset_id(name: &str) -> String {
     let nanos = SystemTime::now()
         .duration_since(UNIX_EPOCH)
diff --git a/crates/punktfunk-host/src/vdisplay/registry.rs b/crates/pf-vdisplay/src/vdisplay/registry.rs
similarity index 97%
rename from crates/punktfunk-host/src/vdisplay/registry.rs
rename to crates/pf-vdisplay/src/vdisplay/registry.rs
index 6de4aa00..2ee80fc5 100644
--- a/crates/punktfunk-host/src/vdisplay/registry.rs
+++ b/crates/pf-vdisplay/src/vdisplay/registry.rs
@@ -101,9 +101,11 @@ pub fn acquire(
         vd.create(mode)
     };
     if out.is_ok() {
-        crate::events::emit(crate::events::EventKind::DisplayCreated {
+        crate::emit_display_event(crate::DisplayEvent::Created {
             backend: backend.to_string(),
-            mode: crate::events::mode_str(mode.width, mode.height, mode.refresh_hz),
+            width: mode.width,
+            height: mode.height,
+            refresh_hz: mode.refresh_hz,
         });
     }
     out
@@ -166,7 +168,7 @@ pub fn release(slot: Option<u64>) -> usize {
         0
     };
     if released > 0 {
-        crate::events::emit(crate::events::EventKind::DisplayReleased {
+        crate::emit_display_event(crate::DisplayEvent::Released {
             count: released as u32,
         });
     }
@@ -223,9 +225,9 @@ mod linux {
     use anyhow::Result;
 
     use super::DisplayInfo;
-    use crate::vdisplay::lifecycle::{self, Release};
-    use crate::vdisplay::policy::{self, Layout, Linger};
-    use crate::vdisplay::{Mode, VirtualDisplay, VirtualOutput};
+    use crate::lifecycle::{self, Release};
+    use crate::policy::{self, Layout, Linger};
+    use crate::{Mode, VirtualDisplay, VirtualOutput};
 
     /// One pooled display: the lifecycle state + the backend's REAL keepalive (kept alive here so the
     /// compositor output — and thus its PipeWire `node_id` — survives past the session), plus the
@@ -345,7 +347,7 @@ mod linux {
         // now means nothing. gamescope spawns are exempt (`epoch_matches` — independent nested sessions).
         // An Active entry is left to its own session's capture-loss rebuild (which, under the bumped
         // epoch, won't reuse it); `invalidate_backend` clears a whole desktop backend on a known switch.
-        let cur_epoch = crate::vdisplay::session_epoch();
+        let cur_epoch = crate::session_epoch();
         let mut i = 0;
         while i < entries.len() {
             let dead_epoch = !epoch_matches(entries[i].backend, entries[i].epoch, cur_epoch)
@@ -425,7 +427,7 @@ mod linux {
         // A2 reuse key: the launch command this acquire carries (a kept spawn running game A must never
         // be reused for a session launching game B). A4 reuse key: the current session epoch.
         let launch = vd.launch_command();
-        let cur_epoch = crate::vdisplay::session_epoch();
+        let cur_epoch = crate::session_epoch();
         let r = reg();
 
         // Reap expired first (run any group restores + drop outside the lock).
@@ -552,7 +554,7 @@ mod linux {
         //     owns their lifecycle (its own restore machinery), so the registry must not keep them
         //     (the stale-node reuse wedge). Their unit keepalive tears nothing down on drop.
         //   * `remote_fd = Some` — wlroots' sandboxed xdpw portal fd can't be re-opened per attach.
-        if real.ownership != crate::vdisplay::DisplayOwnership::Owned || real.remote_fd.is_some() {
+        if real.ownership != crate::DisplayOwnership::Owned || real.remote_fd.is_some() {
             tracing::debug!(
                 backend,
                 ownership = ?real.ownership,
@@ -589,7 +591,7 @@ mod linux {
         // (rightmost under auto-row). `position_for_new` is pure; the lock is held only across it
         // (I/O-free) — the backend apply is below, outside the lock.
         let position = {
-            use crate::vdisplay::layout::Member;
+            use crate::layout::Member;
             let layout_policy = policy::prefs()
                 .configured_effective()
                 .map(|e| e.layout)
@@ -761,15 +763,15 @@ mod linux {
     /// the pure [`layout`] engine, taking the new member's placement. Pure — so the append-in-acquire-
     /// order + auto-row/manual arrangement is unit-tested independent of the pool/global.
     fn position_for_new(
-        mut existing: Vec<(u64, crate::vdisplay::layout::Member)>,
-        new: crate::vdisplay::layout::Member,
+        mut existing: Vec<(u64, crate::layout::Member)>,
+        new: crate::layout::Member,
         layout_policy: &Layout,
-    ) -> crate::vdisplay::layout::Placement {
+    ) -> crate::layout::Placement {
         existing.sort_by_key(|(g, _)| *g);
-        let mut members: Vec<crate::vdisplay::layout::Member> =
+        let mut members: Vec<crate::layout::Member> =
             existing.into_iter().map(|(_, m)| m).collect();
         members.push(new);
-        *crate::vdisplay::layout::arrange(&members, layout_policy)
+        *crate::layout::arrange(&members, layout_policy)
             .last()
             .expect("members is non-empty (just pushed `new`)")
     }
@@ -796,7 +798,7 @@ mod linux {
         layout_policy: &Layout,
         topology: &str,
     ) -> Vec<DisplayInfo> {
-        use crate::vdisplay::layout::{self, Member};
+        use crate::layout::{self, Member};
 
         // Small stable group ids by sorted group key — deterministic; in practice a host runs one live
         // desktop backend → group 1 (with each gamescope spawn its own group).
@@ -977,7 +979,7 @@ mod linux {
     #[cfg(test)]
     mod tests {
         use super::*;
-        use crate::vdisplay::policy::{Layout, LayoutMode, Position};
+        use crate::policy::{Layout, LayoutMode, Position};
         use std::collections::BTreeMap;
         use std::sync::atomic::{AtomicBool, Ordering};
         use std::sync::Arc;
@@ -1146,7 +1148,7 @@ mod linux {
 
         #[test]
         fn position_for_new_appends_right_in_acquire_order() {
-            use crate::vdisplay::layout::{Member, Placement};
+            use crate::layout::{Member, Placement};
             let m = |slot, w| Member {
                 identity_slot: slot,
                 width: w,
@@ -1163,7 +1165,7 @@ mod linux {
 
         #[test]
         fn position_for_new_honors_a_manual_pin() {
-            use crate::vdisplay::layout::{Member, Placement};
+            use crate::layout::{Member, Placement};
             let mut positions = BTreeMap::new();
             positions.insert("5".to_string(), Position { x: 100, y: 200 });
             let layout = Layout {
diff --git a/crates/punktfunk-host/src/vdisplay/routing.rs b/crates/pf-vdisplay/src/vdisplay/routing.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from crates/punktfunk-host/src/vdisplay/routing.rs
rename to crates/pf-vdisplay/src/vdisplay/routing.rs
diff --git a/crates/punktfunk-host/src/vdisplay/session.rs b/crates/pf-vdisplay/src/vdisplay/session.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from crates/punktfunk-host/src/vdisplay/session.rs
rename to crates/pf-vdisplay/src/vdisplay/session.rs
diff --git a/crates/punktfunk-host/src/vdisplay/windows/manager.rs b/crates/pf-vdisplay/src/vdisplay/windows/manager.rs
similarity index 97%
rename from crates/punktfunk-host/src/vdisplay/windows/manager.rs
rename to crates/pf-vdisplay/src/vdisplay/windows/manager.rs
index 9243597f..650a0ed9 100644
--- a/crates/punktfunk-host/src/vdisplay/windows/manager.rs
+++ b/crates/pf-vdisplay/src/vdisplay/windows/manager.rs
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 //! a **typed** [`OwnedHandle`] control device (no more raw `isize` smuggled across the pinger/linger
 //! threads). The backend differences — the IOCTL protocol and the per-monitor REMOVE key — are the only
 //! thing behind the [`VdisplayDriver`] seam; the state machine, the render-adapter pin decision, the
-//! GDI/CCD glue (`crate::win_display`), and the generation-stamped [`MonitorLease`] are backend-neutral.
+//! GDI/CCD glue (`pf_win_display::win_display`), and the generation-stamped [`MonitorLease`] are backend-neutral.
 //!
 //! It's a process-wide singleton ([`vdm`]) initialised once with the chosen backend's driver — the
 //! host runs exactly one virtual-display backend per process. The session holds a [`MonitorLease`];
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ use windows::Win32::System::Threading::{
 };
 
 use super::{DisplayOwnership, Mode, VirtualOutput};
-use crate::win_display::{
+use pf_win_display::win_display::{
     count_other_active, force_extend_topology, isolate_displays_ccd, resolve_gdi_name,
     restore_displays_ccd, set_active_mode, set_virtual_primary_ccd, SavedConfig,
 };
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ pub(crate) use driver::{AddedMonitor, MonitorKey, VdisplayDriver};
 #[path = "manager/instance.rs"]
 mod instance;
 use instance::claim_instance;
-pub(crate) use instance::claim_instance_eagerly;
+pub use instance::claim_instance_eagerly;
 
 #[path = "manager/knobs.rs"]
 mod knobs;
@@ -89,11 +89,11 @@ struct Monitor {
 
 impl Monitor {
     /// The capture target handed to a session (`None` until the GDI name resolves on a WDDM GPU).
-    fn target(&self) -> Option<crate::capture::dxgi::WinCaptureTarget> {
+    fn target(&self) -> Option<pf_frame::dxgi::WinCaptureTarget> {
         self.gdi_name
             .clone()
-            .map(|n| crate::capture::dxgi::WinCaptureTarget {
-                adapter_luid: crate::capture::dxgi::pack_luid(self.luid),
+            .map(|n| pf_frame::dxgi::WinCaptureTarget {
+                adapter_luid: pf_frame::dxgi::pack_luid(self.luid),
                 gdi_name: n,
                 target_id: self.target_id,
                 wudf_pid: self.wudf_pid,
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ struct DeviceSlot {
 }
 
 /// The host-lifetime virtual-display manager: the single owner of the monitor lifecycle.
-pub(crate) struct VirtualDisplayManager {
+pub struct VirtualDisplayManager {
     driver: Box<dyn VdisplayDriver>,
     /// Control device, opened on first acquire and REOPENED after a gone-classified failure retired
     /// it (see [`DeviceSlot`]). Typed + `Send+Sync`, so the pinger/linger threads share it via the
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ pub(crate) fn init(driver: Box<dyn VdisplayDriver>) -> &'static VirtualDisplayMa
 
 /// The process-wide manager. Panics if reached before a backend called [`init`] — by construction a
 /// session is only ever created after `vdisplay::open` constructed the backend (which calls `init`).
-pub(crate) fn vdm() -> &'static VirtualDisplayManager {
+pub fn vdm() -> &'static VirtualDisplayManager {
     VDM.get()
         .expect("VirtualDisplayManager used before a backend initialised it")
 }
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ pub(crate) fn vdm() -> &'static VirtualDisplayManager {
 /// for the process lifetime — a dead one is RETIRED (kept alive, see [`DeviceSlot`]), so a stale copy
 /// can only fail IOCTLs, never dangle. `None` before the first backend open — impossible for a
 /// capturer, which only exists on a monitor the manager created.
-pub(crate) fn control_device_handle() -> Option<HANDLE> {
+pub fn control_device_handle() -> Option<HANDLE> {
     VDM.get().and_then(VirtualDisplayManager::device_handle)
 }
 
@@ -384,7 +384,7 @@ impl VirtualDisplayManager {
         // session then dies far downstream as "no frame published within 4s" (the lid-closed field
         // report). Name the real problem up front, once per acquire. Non-fatal: the OS-side
         // persistence-DB activation can still succeed, so the attempt proceeds.
-        if let Some((own, console)) = crate::interactive::console_session_mismatch() {
+        if let Some((own, console)) = pf_win_display::console_session_mismatch() {
             tracing::error!(
                 own_session = own,
                 console_session = console,
@@ -532,7 +532,7 @@ impl VirtualDisplayManager {
         // (`max_displays` across Active+Lingering+Pinned slots; the identity-slot ceiling of 15 is
         // the hard limit behind it) — this is the fail-closed backstop for a session that got past
         // admission anyway. One live slot can never trip it (max_displays >= 1).
-        let max = crate::vdisplay::policy::prefs()
+        let max = crate::policy::prefs()
             .get()
             .effective()
             .max_displays;
@@ -659,11 +659,11 @@ impl VirtualDisplayManager {
     /// single member (it sits at the origin), so the single-display path issues no positioning at
     /// all. Records each monitor's applied position for the `/display/state` readout.
     fn apply_group_layout(&self, inner: &mut MgrInner) {
-        use crate::vdisplay::layout::{arrange, Member};
+        use crate::layout::{arrange, Member};
         if inner.slots.len() < 2 {
             return;
         }
-        let layout_policy = crate::vdisplay::policy::prefs().get().effective().layout;
+        let layout_policy = crate::policy::prefs().get().effective().layout;
         // Members in acquire (gen) order — the auto-row order; identity slot 0 = anonymous (no
         // manual pin can address it, so it always auto-rows). `(slot, gen, target_id, width)`
         // copied out so the arrangement below can write back through `get_mut`.
@@ -691,7 +691,7 @@ impl VirtualDisplayManager {
             .collect();
         // SAFETY: `apply_source_positions` only drives the CCD query/apply FFI with owned local
         // buffers, under the `state` lock — the sole topology mutator.
-        unsafe { crate::win_display::apply_source_positions(&positions) };
+        unsafe { pf_win_display::win_display::apply_source_positions(&positions) };
         for (&(slot, ..), p) in ordered.iter().zip(&placements) {
             if let Some(
                 SlotState::Active { mon, .. }
@@ -758,7 +758,7 @@ impl VirtualDisplayManager {
         }
         // SAFETY: `activate_target_path` runs the CCD query/apply FFI with owned local buffers; the
         // `Copy` target id is passed by value, under the `state` lock — the sole topology mutator.
-        if unsafe { crate::win_display::activate_target_path(target_id) } {
+        if unsafe { pf_win_display::win_display::activate_target_path(target_id) } {
             for _ in 0..15 {
                 thread::sleep(Duration::from_millis(200));
                 // SAFETY: as the resolve loops above.
@@ -831,7 +831,7 @@ impl VirtualDisplayManager {
                 // group layout. `Extend` leaves it a plain extension. Both isolate + primary go
                 // through the atomic CCD path (no MODE_CHANGE storm). Opt out (extend) with
                 // PUNKTFUNK_NO_ISOLATE=1 / the console policy.
-                use crate::vdisplay::policy::Topology;
+                use crate::policy::Topology;
                 let first_member = inner.slots.is_empty();
                 match topology_action() {
                     Topology::Exclusive => {
@@ -846,7 +846,7 @@ impl VirtualDisplayManager {
                             // suspected source of the periodic sole-virtual-display stutter (the
                             // rationale + evidence live in `windows/ddc.rs`). First member only:
                             // the physicals are already dark for a sibling.
-                            if crate::vdisplay::policy::prefs().ddc_power_off() {
+                            if crate::policy::prefs().ddc_power_off() {
                                 inner.group.ddc_panels_off = crate::ddc::panel_off_except(n);
                             }
                             // SAFETY: `isolate_displays_ccd` is `unsafe` for its CCD topology FFI; it
@@ -859,10 +859,10 @@ impl VirtualDisplayManager {
                             // across hot-plug re-arrival) so a standby monitor/TV's periodic wake
                             // events no longer trigger the Windows reaction cascade — the suspected
                             // hiccup mechanism (rationale + crash journal in `windows/monitor_devnode.rs`).
-                            if crate::vdisplay::policy::prefs().pnp_disable_monitors() {
+                            if crate::policy::prefs().pnp_disable_monitors() {
                                 if let Some(saved) = &inner.group.ccd_saved {
                                     inner.group.pnp_disabled =
-                                        crate::monitor_devnode::disable_for_deactivated(
+                                        pf_win_display::monitor_devnode::disable_for_deactivated(
                                             saved,
                                             added.target_id,
                                         );
@@ -934,10 +934,10 @@ impl VirtualDisplayManager {
                 // inactive and get disabled); in Extend the active physical panels are untouched
                 // by construction. First member only — the sweep is group-scoped like the
                 // isolate; later members join an already-swept desktop.
-                if first_member && crate::vdisplay::policy::prefs().pnp_disable_monitors() {
+                if first_member && crate::policy::prefs().pnp_disable_monitors() {
                     let mut keep = inner.target_ids();
                     keep.push(added.target_id);
-                    for id in crate::monitor_devnode::disable_connected_inactive(&keep) {
+                    for id in pf_win_display::monitor_devnode::disable_connected_inactive(&keep) {
                         if !inner.group.pnp_disabled.contains(&id) {
                             inner.group.pnp_disabled.push(id);
                         }
@@ -1078,7 +1078,7 @@ impl VirtualDisplayManager {
     /// # Safety
     /// Drives the CCD topology FFI; call under the `state` lock.
     unsafe fn reisolate_after_swap(&self, inner: &mut MgrInner, new_target: u32) {
-        use crate::vdisplay::policy::Topology;
+        use crate::policy::Topology;
         match topology_action() {
             Topology::Exclusive => {
                 // Grown-set semantics: isolate to the surviving siblings + the new target. The returned
@@ -1145,7 +1145,7 @@ impl VirtualDisplayManager {
             // Extend/Primary sessions too, where no isolate snapshot exists to restore.
             let pnp_disabled = std::mem::take(&mut inner.group.pnp_disabled);
             if !pnp_disabled.is_empty() {
-                crate::monitor_devnode::enable_instances(&pnp_disabled);
+                pf_win_display::monitor_devnode::enable_instances(&pnp_disabled);
                 thread::sleep(Duration::from_millis(300));
             }
             // Re-attach detached display(s) BEFORE the REMOVE so the box is never left with zero
@@ -1306,7 +1306,7 @@ impl VirtualDisplayManager {
     /// monitor is created. Slot-scoped since Stage W1: a DIFFERENT identity's session is an admission
     /// question, never a preempt. Returns the setup guard; the caller holds it across the pipeline
     /// build, then drops it so the next reconnect can begin (and preempt this one).
-    pub(crate) fn begin_idd_setup(
+    pub fn begin_idd_setup(
         &'static self,
         slot: u32,
         stop: Arc<AtomicBool>,
@@ -1449,11 +1449,11 @@ impl Drop for MonitorLease {
 /// anonymous slot at a time — exactly the pre-slot-map semantics, since an anonymous re-acquire has
 /// no identity to find any other slot by). Shared by `acquire` and the session setup's
 /// [`VirtualDisplayManager::begin_idd_setup`], so both address the same slot.
-pub(crate) fn slot_id_for(client_fp: Option<[u8; 32]>, mode: (u32, u32)) -> u32 {
+pub fn slot_id_for(client_fp: Option<[u8; 32]>, mode: (u32, u32)) -> u32 {
     super::identity::resolve_slot(
         client_fp,
         mode,
-        crate::vdisplay::policy::Identity::PerClient,
+        crate::policy::Identity::PerClient,
     )
     .unwrap_or(0)
 }
@@ -1500,7 +1500,7 @@ fn warn_if_pick_moved(mon: &Monitor) {
 }
 
 /// A read-only view of one managed slot for the mgmt `/display/state` endpoint (Goal:
-/// display-management registry facade). Backend-neutral; the [`crate::vdisplay::registry`] facade
+/// display-management registry facade). Backend-neutral; the [`crate::registry`] facade
 /// maps it into the wire shape.
 pub(crate) struct ManagedInfo {
     pub backend: &'static str,
diff --git a/crates/punktfunk-host/src/vdisplay/windows/manager/driver.rs b/crates/pf-vdisplay/src/vdisplay/windows/manager/driver.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from crates/punktfunk-host/src/vdisplay/windows/manager/driver.rs
rename to crates/pf-vdisplay/src/vdisplay/windows/manager/driver.rs
diff --git a/crates/punktfunk-host/src/vdisplay/windows/manager/instance.rs b/crates/pf-vdisplay/src/vdisplay/windows/manager/instance.rs
similarity index 98%
rename from crates/punktfunk-host/src/vdisplay/windows/manager/instance.rs
rename to crates/pf-vdisplay/src/vdisplay/windows/manager/instance.rs
index dd587322..5c85846e 100644
--- a/crates/punktfunk-host/src/vdisplay/windows/manager/instance.rs
+++ b/crates/pf-vdisplay/src/vdisplay/windows/manager/instance.rs
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ pub(super) fn claim_instance() -> Result<()> {
 /// Eager startup claim for the serve/service path (Windows): reserves this process as THE
 /// pf-vdisplay manager before any client connects. Failure is a loud warning, not fatal — sessions
 /// then fail with the same clear in-use error until the other instance exits.
-pub(crate) fn claim_instance_eagerly() {
+pub fn claim_instance_eagerly() {
     if let Err(e) = claim_instance() {
         tracing::warn!("pf-vdisplay single-instance claim failed at startup: {e:#}");
     }
diff --git a/crates/punktfunk-host/src/vdisplay/windows/manager/knobs.rs b/crates/pf-vdisplay/src/vdisplay/windows/manager/knobs.rs
similarity index 80%
rename from crates/punktfunk-host/src/vdisplay/windows/manager/knobs.rs
rename to crates/pf-vdisplay/src/vdisplay/windows/manager/knobs.rs
index 0d860afe..928bda11 100644
--- a/crates/punktfunk-host/src/vdisplay/windows/manager/knobs.rs
+++ b/crates/pf-vdisplay/src/vdisplay/windows/manager/knobs.rs
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 //! Runtime display-management knobs read from the console policy (with legacy env-var fallbacks),
 //! carved out of the manager (plan §W3): the linger window, the keep-alive-forever pin, and the
-//! per-monitor topology action. Pure readers of [`crate::vdisplay::policy`] + env — no manager state.
+//! per-monitor topology action. Pure readers of [`crate::policy`] + env — no manager state.
 
 /// Linger window before a session-less monitor is torn down. The console display-management policy
 /// wins when configured (`keep_alive`); otherwise the legacy `PUNKTFUNK_MONITOR_LINGER_MS` env knob,
 /// else the 10 s default.
 pub(super) fn linger_ms() -> u64 {
-    use crate::vdisplay::policy::{prefs, Linger};
+    use crate::policy::{prefs, Linger};
     if let Some(eff) = prefs().configured_effective() {
         return match eff.keep_alive.linger() {
             Linger::Immediate => 0,
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ pub(super) fn linger_ms() -> u64 {
 /// gaming-rig preset. `release` uses this to keep the last-released monitor indefinitely instead of
 /// lingering. Unconfigured hosts are never forever (default is a short linger).
 pub(super) fn keep_alive_forever() -> bool {
-    use crate::vdisplay::policy::{prefs, Linger};
+    use crate::policy::{prefs, Linger};
     prefs()
         .configured_effective()
         .map(|eff| matches!(eff.keep_alive.linger(), Linger::Forever))
@@ -35,17 +35,17 @@ pub(super) fn keep_alive_forever() -> bool {
 }
 
 /// The effective display topology for a freshly-created monitor (never `Auto`): the console policy's
-/// [`effective_topology`](crate::vdisplay::effective_topology) when configured, else the legacy
+/// [`effective_topology`](crate::effective_topology) when configured, else the legacy
 /// `PUNKTFUNK_NO_ISOLATE` env knob (`Extend`) / `Exclusive` (today's default). `Extend` leaves the IDD
 /// extended; `Primary` makes it primary while keeping the physical(s) active; `Exclusive` disables the
 /// physical(s) so the IDD is the sole composited desktop.
-pub(super) fn topology_action() -> crate::vdisplay::policy::Topology {
-    use crate::vdisplay::policy::Topology;
-    if crate::vdisplay::policy::prefs()
+pub(super) fn topology_action() -> crate::policy::Topology {
+    use crate::policy::Topology;
+    if crate::policy::prefs()
         .configured_effective()
         .is_some()
     {
-        return crate::vdisplay::effective_topology();
+        return crate::effective_topology();
     }
     if std::env::var("PUNKTFUNK_NO_ISOLATE").is_ok() {
         Topology::Extend
diff --git a/crates/punktfunk-host/src/vdisplay/windows/pf_vdisplay.rs b/crates/pf-vdisplay/src/vdisplay/windows/pf_vdisplay.rs
similarity index 96%
rename from crates/punktfunk-host/src/vdisplay/windows/pf_vdisplay.rs
rename to crates/pf-vdisplay/src/vdisplay/windows/pf_vdisplay.rs
index a34026dc..cefa9716 100644
--- a/crates/punktfunk-host/src/vdisplay/windows/pf_vdisplay.rs
+++ b/crates/pf-vdisplay/src/vdisplay/windows/pf_vdisplay.rs
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ unsafe fn set_render_adapter(h: HANDLE, luid: LUID) -> Result<()> {
 ///
 /// # Safety
 /// `dev` must be a live pf-vdisplay control handle (see [`super::manager::control_device_handle`]).
-pub(crate) unsafe fn send_frame_channel(
+pub unsafe fn send_frame_channel(
     dev: HANDLE,
     req: &control::SetFrameChannelRequest,
 ) -> Result<()> {
@@ -386,8 +386,18 @@ impl VdisplayDriver for PfVdisplayDriver {
         // takes no input (`&[]`) and writes into `info_buf`, a stack `[u8; size_of::<InfoReply>()]`
         // whose length is passed as the output size — so `DeviceIoControl` can't write OOB — and which
         // outlives this synchronous call.
-        unsafe { ioctl(raw, control::IOCTL_GET_INFO, &[], &mut info_buf) }
+        let n = unsafe { ioctl(raw, control::IOCTL_GET_INFO, &[], &mut info_buf) }
             .context("pf-vdisplay IOCTL_GET_INFO (version handshake)")?;
+        // Fail closed on a short driver reply instead of decoding trusted-looking zeros — the decoded
+        // `protocol_version` (and below, the ADD reply's pid/luid/target) gate host behavior, so a
+        // buggy/compromised driver under-writing the buffer must not be silently trusted
+        // (security-review 2026-07-17).
+        if (n as usize) < size_of::<control::InfoReply>() {
+            anyhow::bail!(
+                "pf-vdisplay IOCTL_GET_INFO returned {n} bytes, expected {}",
+                size_of::<control::InfoReply>()
+            );
+        }
         let info: control::InfoReply =
             bytemuck::pod_read_unaligned(&info_buf[..size_of::<control::InfoReply>()]);
         if info.protocol_version != pf_driver_proto::PROTOCOL_VERSION {
@@ -520,12 +530,20 @@ impl VdisplayDriver for PfVdisplayDriver {
             }
             other => other,
         };
-        add_res.with_context(|| {
+        let n = add_res.with_context(|| {
             format!(
                 "pf-vdisplay ADD {}x{}@{}",
                 mode.width, mode.height, mode.refresh_hz
             )
         })?;
+        // Fail closed on a short reply — `target_id`/`wudf_pid`/`luid` below feed OpenProcess + the
+        // WUDFHost verification, so don't decode a partially-written (zeroed) reply as authoritative.
+        if (n as usize) < size_of::<control::AddReply>() {
+            anyhow::bail!(
+                "pf-vdisplay ADD returned {n} bytes, expected {}",
+                size_of::<control::AddReply>()
+            );
+        }
         // `pod_read_unaligned` (NOT `from_bytes`): `out` is a stack `[u8; N]` with no guaranteed 4-byte
         // alignment, and `from_bytes` PANICS on a mismatch. This copies into an aligned `AddReply`.
         let reply: control::AddReply =
diff --git a/crates/punktfunk-host/Cargo.toml b/crates/punktfunk-host/Cargo.toml
index 3964b2f8..8848f14d 100644
--- a/crates/punktfunk-host/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/punktfunk-host/Cargo.toml
@@ -38,6 +38,9 @@ pf-capture = { path = "../pf-capture" }
 # subsystem crate (plan §W6). Consumes core::input; the heavy input deps (wayland/reis/xkbcommon/
 # usbip) moved with it.
 pf-inject = { path = "../pf-inject" }
+# Virtual-display orchestration (per-compositor Linux backends + the Windows IddCx driver backend),
+# extracted to a subsystem crate (plan §W6). The DDC panel control + KWin zkde protocol moved with it.
+pf-vdisplay = { path = "../pf-vdisplay" }
 # M3 native control plane (the `punktfunk/1` QUIC handshake; data plane stays native-thread UDP).
 quinn = "0.11"
 anyhow = "1"
diff --git a/crates/punktfunk-host/src/capture.rs b/crates/punktfunk-host/src/capture.rs
index e25204c5..e6758c40 100644
--- a/crates/punktfunk-host/src/capture.rs
+++ b/crates/punktfunk-host/src/capture.rs
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ pub fn capture_virtual_output(
             // closed for the process lifetime, so reconstructing the `HANDLE` and issuing the
             // `IOCTL_SET_FRAME_CHANNEL` is sound (`send_frame_channel`'s precondition).
             unsafe {
-                crate::vdisplay::pf_vdisplay::send_frame_channel(
+                crate::vdisplay::driver::send_frame_channel(
                     windows::Win32::Foundation::HANDLE(control_raw as *mut core::ffi::c_void),
                     req,
                 )
diff --git a/crates/punktfunk-host/src/main.rs b/crates/punktfunk-host/src/main.rs
index 1a88ff08..5c5dad74 100644
--- a/crates/punktfunk-host/src/main.rs
+++ b/crates/punktfunk-host/src/main.rs
@@ -29,9 +29,6 @@ mod wol;
 #[cfg(target_os = "windows")]
 #[path = "windows/crash.rs"]
 mod crash;
-#[cfg(target_os = "windows")]
-#[path = "windows/ddc.rs"]
-mod ddc;
 #[cfg(target_os = "linux")]
 #[path = "linux/drm_sync.rs"]
 mod drm_sync;
@@ -76,13 +73,16 @@ mod session_status;
 mod spike;
 mod stats_recorder;
 mod stream_marker;
-mod vdisplay;
-// The Windows display-topology cluster (CCD/GDI mode-set + PnP monitor devnodes) lives in the
-// `pf-win-display` leaf crate (plan §W6); import the modules at the crate root so the host's
-// `crate::{win_display,monitor_devnode}::*` paths stay valid. (`display_events` moved with the
-// IDD-push capturer into pf-capture, which names it directly.)
+// `monitor_devnode::startup_recover()` (below) re-enables PnP monitor devnodes disabled by a prior
+// run; it lives in the `pf-win-display` leaf crate (plan §W6).
 #[cfg(target_os = "windows")]
-use pf_win_display::{monitor_devnode, win_display};
+use pf_win_display::monitor_devnode;
+// Virtual-display orchestration lives in the `pf-vdisplay` subsystem crate (plan §W6); this shim
+// keeps every existing `crate::vdisplay::*` path valid (serve/mgmt/native/capture consume the trait,
+// registry, and manager through it). The DDC panel control + the KWin zkde protocol moved with it.
+mod vdisplay {
+    pub(crate) use pf_vdisplay::*;
+}
 // The zero-copy GPU plumbing lives in the `pf-zerocopy` leaf crate (plan §W6); this shim keeps
 // every existing `crate::zerocopy::*` path valid for the host's remaining callers (session_plan).
 #[cfg(target_os = "linux")]
@@ -183,6 +183,23 @@ fn real_main() -> Result<()> {
         punktfunk_core::ABI_VERSION
     );
 
+    // Wire pf-vdisplay's display-lifecycle events into the SSE event bus (the subsystem crate emits a
+    // neutral DisplayEvent; the orchestrator owns the bus type — plan §W6). Set once, ignore re-set.
+    let _ = pf_vdisplay::DISPLAY_EVENT_SINK.set(Box::new(|ev| match ev {
+        pf_vdisplay::DisplayEvent::Created {
+            backend,
+            width,
+            height,
+            refresh_hz,
+        } => events::emit(events::EventKind::DisplayCreated {
+            backend,
+            mode: events::mode_str(width, height, refresh_hz),
+        }),
+        pf_vdisplay::DisplayEvent::Released { count } => {
+            events::emit(events::EventKind::DisplayReleased { count })
+        }
+    }));
+
     // Install the win32u GPU-preference hook (same technique as Apollo, reimplemented — no GPL source
     // copied) BEFORE anything touches DXGI (the virtual-display
     // render-adapter selection creates a DXGI factory during virtual-display setup, well before