fm10k_sw_init(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💖 fm10k_sw_init(9) 💖

okay so you're reading fm10k_sw_init(9) from the Kernel API Manual and honestly? good for you bestie, this one's a little legend. it's the setup girlie that gets the whole interface's software vibes in order before anything else happens. 🎀

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

int fm10k_sw_init (struct fm10k_intfc *interface , const struct
pci_device_id *ent );

like, it takes two things and returns an int. that's the whole shape of it. slay. 💅

🌸 ARGUMENTS 🌸

  • interface — the host interface private structure you're initializing. this is the main character of the whole operation, the struct that's about to get all its fields set up. 👑
  • ent — the PCI device ID entry. yes babe, that's where the PCI info comes from. 🦋

🌈 DESCRIPTION 🌈

so fm10k_sw_init initializes the interface private data structure. periodt. 💫

the way it works is that the fields get initialized based on PCI device information and OS network device settings (that's the MTU size, iykyk). so it's pulling the facts from the hardware and the facts from the OS and smooshing them into the struct so everything downstream knows what's up. no cap. 🔥

ngl it's not doing anything flashy — it's the "get your room clean before the party" of kernel functions, and honestly? iconic behaviour. 🧚

💜 SEE ALSO 💜

first up, the source file itself, go read it:

  • Kernel file ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/fm10k/fm10k_pci.c

and then the whole friend group, in the exact order they appear, because we do not skip anyone in this house 🫶:

like, that's the whole crew. go read them too. 📚

anyway bestie, that's the page 💖 this came from ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/f... and it's dated October 2026, and the whole thing is filed under fm10k_sw_init(9) — so if you're citing it, that's your receipt. mwah. 🍓💅✨

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