i40e_alloc_pf(9)

💖 i40e_alloc_pf(9) 💖

hey bestie ✨ welcome to the i40e_alloc_pf(9) page from the Kernel API Manual — it’s giving kernel-internals realness, and honestly? slay 💅

🌸 NAME 🌸

i40e_alloc_pf — allocates devlink and returns the i40e_pf structure pointer, no cap 🫶

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

struct i40e_pf * i40e_alloc_pf (struct device *dev );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• dev — the device to allocate for, bestie 💖

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

okay so here’s the tea ☕: this function allocates a devlink instance for dev, then returns the private area as the i40e_pf structure. that’s the whole vibe — devlink in, i40e_pf pointer out ✨

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• Kernel file: ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_devlink.c 📁
• i40e_free_pf(9)
• i40e_devlink_register(9)
• i40e_devlink_unregister(9)
• i40e_devlink_set_switch_id(9)
• i40e_devlink_create_port(9)
• i40e_devlink_destroy_port(9)

okay bye bestie 🫶 this page’s source/version is ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e, the date is October 2026, and the manual tag is i40e_alloc_pf(9) — mwah 💅💖