e1000_reset_hw_vf(9)

💅 e1000_reset_hw_vf — the Kernel API Manual, bestie edition

okay so you found your way to the e1000_reset_hw_vf page in the Kernel API Manual and honestly? slay. let's get you caught up, no cap ✨

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🌸 NAME 🌸

e1000_reset_hw_vf — literally just resets the HW. that's the whole vibe. 🎀

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

s32 e1000_reset_hw_vf (struct e1000_hw *hw );

it's giving "one function, one pointer, one job" and honestly we respect it 💅

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💖 ARGUMENTS 💖

• hw — a pointer to the HW structure. that's it, that's the whole guest list 🫶

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✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

okay so here's the tea: VF's provide a function level reset 🍓 and they do it using bit 26 of ctrl_reg. that little bit is doing all the heavy lifting, main character energy fr fr.

and like — that's all the reset we can perform on a VF. no more, no less. the way that this function is lowkey doing the absolute most with the absolute least 😭👑

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🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

the kernel file where this lives, icon behavior:

./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igbvf/vf.c

and the whole friend group, all matching (9) manpages, all invited:

• e1000_init_mac_params_vf(9)
• e1000_init_function_pointers_vf(9)
• e1000_get_link_up_info_vf(9)
• e1000_init_hw_vf(9)
• e1000_hash_mc_addr_vf(9)
• e1000_update_mc_addr_list_vf(9)
• e1000_set_vfta_vf(9)
• e1000_rlpml_set_vf(9)
• e1000_rar_set_vf(9)
• e1000_read_mac_addr_vf(9)
• e1000_set_uc_addr_vf(9)
• e1000_check_for_link_vf(9)

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and that's the page!! 🧚💜 before you go — this iconic little read came to you from ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i... and it's dated October 2026, so mark your calendar bestie 🎀 bye mwah 💋