fm10k_get_host_state_pf(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 fm10k_get_host_state_pf(9) — aka the Kernel API Manual glow-up 🎀

okay so bestie, welcome to the fm10k_get_host_state_pf page from the Kernel API Manual ✨ this one's a little function with a big job and honestly? she ate.

✨ NAME ✨

fm10k_get_host_state_pf — literally returns the state of the switch and the mailbox 💖 no cap, that's the whole vibe.

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

s32 fm10k_get_host_state_pf (struct fm10k_hw *hw , bool *switch_ready );

that's it, that's the signature, copy it exactly bestie 🫶

🌸 ARGUMENTS 🌸

  • hw — pointer to the hardware structure ✨ like, the hardware in question, she's the main character here.
  • switch_ready — pointer to a boolean value that will record the switch state 💫 so like, whatever she finds out about the switch gets written right here.

👑 DESCRIPTION 👑

so the way this works: fm10k_get_host_state_pf checks the DMA_CTRL2 register and the mailbox 📬 to figure out whether the switch is ready for the PF to start requesting addresses and mapping traffic to the local interface 🦋

that's it. that's the whole mission. vibe check on the switch, report back, slay 💅

💜 SEE ALSO 💜

the kernel file she lives in:

./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/fm10k/fm10k_pf.c

and her whole friend group, fr fr — every single one of these icons:

go read them, iykyk 📚💅

🫶 little sign-off from your girl: this page is from the source/version line ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/f... and it's dated October 2026 — iconic, timeless, periodt. 💀✨🎀
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