e1000_check_for_rst_vf(9)

💅 e1000_check_for_rst_vf — checks to see if the PF has reset

okay so bestie, welcome to e1000_check_for_rst_vf, a little function living in the Kernel API Manual, and honestly? it does exactly one job and it does it slayfully. let's get into it 🎀

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

s32 e1000_check_for_rst_vf (struct e1000_hw *hw );

like yes, that's the whole signature, no cap. it takes one thing and returns one thing, main character energy fr fr 💅

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🌸 ARGUMENTS 🌸

• hw — pointer to the HW structure. that's it, that's the whole argument. it's giving "one job, one pointer" 🫶

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💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

so what does it actually do? it returns true if the PF has set the reset done bit, or else it returns false. that's the vibe check. done bit set = true bestie ✨, done bit not set = false 😭. no in-between, no lore, no side quests. iconic behavior honestly 👑

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🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

• Kernel file ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igbvf/mbx.c — that's where the magic lives, go read it 💜
• e1000_poll_for_msg(9)
• e1000_poll_for_ack(9)
• e1000_read_posted_mbx(9)
• e1000_write_posted_mbx(9)
• e1000_read_v2p_mailbox(9)
• e1000_check_for_bit_vf(9)
• e1000_check_for_msg_vf(9)
• e1000_check_for_ack_vf(9)
• e1000_obtain_mbx_lock_vf(9)
• e1000_write_mbx_vf(9)
• e1000_read_mbx_vf(9)
• e1000_init_mbx_params_vf(9)

like the whole friend group showed up to the function's party, we love to see it 🌈

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ngl the source path got chopped in the original footer to ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i... — that's a real abbreviation, not me being lazy, okay? 🙈

and that's the page!! sourced from ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i..., dated October 2026, in the e1000_check_for_rst_vf(9) era. mwah 💋✨ go check that reset bit, bestie 🍓