adf_vf2pf_notify_init(9)

💖 NAME 💖

adf_vf2pf_notify_init — send init msg to PF. This is the page adf_vf2pf_notify_init(9) from the Kernel API Manual, bestie — and yes, it’s giving “tiny function, very important job” energy ✨

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🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

int adf_vf2pf_notify_init (struct adf_accel_dev *accel_dev );

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🌸 ARGUMENTS 🌸

• accel_dev — Pointer to acceleration VF device. That’s the VF device pointer you’re handing over, no cap 🫶

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

Function sends an init message from the VF to a PF. Literally that’s the whole vibe: VF says “hey PF, init time” 💅

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⭐ RETURN ⭐

0 on success, error code otherwise. So bestie: zero means slay, anything else means the error code is telling you what’s up 😭

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• Kernel file ./drivers/crypto/intel/qat/qat_common/adf_pfvf_vf_msg.c — the file to peek at, iykyk 👀
• adf_vf2pf_notify_shutdown(9) — another page to check out 🎀

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okay that’s the whole page, bestie! this one is adf_vf2pf_notify_init(9) from the Kernel API Manual, source/version ./drivers/crypto/intel/qat/qat..., dated October 2026 — mwah 💋✨