i40e_alloc_vfs(9)

🌸 NAME 🌸

i40e_alloc_vfs — and bestie, that's literally the whole name line in the original manual, no tagline, no nothing 💅 so we move on and let the synopsis do the talking 🫶

(this is from the Kernel API Manual, by the way, iykyk ✨)

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⭐ SYNOPSIS ⭐

int i40e_alloc_vfs (struct i40e_pf *pf , u16 num_alloc_vfs );

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• pf — pointer to the PF structure 🦋 (yes, that PF, the physical function one — she's the main character here, periodt)
• num_alloc_vfs — number of VFs to allocate 🔥 like, how many virtual friends are we bringing to the party

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💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

allocate VF resources 🌈

That's it. That's the description. Short, sweet, and honestly iconic for it 💅 she doesn't overexplain, she just allocates.

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🧚 SEE ALSO 🧚

okay so this is the part where the original page just dumps the entire friend group in the group chat 😭 and we are NOT skipping a single one of them, so buckle up bestie 🎀

The kernel file lives at ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_virtchnl_pf.c — go say hi 🫶

• i40e_vc_vf_broadcast(9), i40e_vc_link_speed2mbps(9), i40e_set_vf_link_state(9), i40e_vc_notify_vf_link_state(9), i40e_vc_notify_link_state(9)
• i40e_vc_notify_reset(9), i40e_vc_notify_vf_reset(9), i40e_vc_reset_vf(9), i40e_vc_isvalid_vsi_id(9), i40e_vc_isvalid_queue_id(9)
• i40e_vc_isvalid_vector_id(9), i40e_vc_get_pf_queue_id(9), i40e_get_real_pf_qid(9), i40e_config_irq_link_list(9), i40e_release_rdma_qvlist(9)
• i40e_config_rdma_qvlist(9), i40e_config_vsi_tx_queue(9), i40e_config_vsi_rx_queue(9), i40e_alloc_vsi_res(9), i40e_map_pf_queues_to_vsi(9)
• i40e_map_pf_to_vf_queues(9), i40e_enable_vf_mappings(9), i40e_disable_vf_mappings(9), i40e_free_vf_res(9), i40e_alloc_vf_res(9)
• i40e_quiesce_vf_pci(9), __i40e_getnum_vf_vsi_vlan_filters(9), i40e_getnum_vf_vsi_vlan_filters(9), i40e_get_vlan_list_sync(9), i40e_set_vsi_promisc(9)
• i40e_config_vf_promiscuous_mode(9), i40e_sync_vfr_reset(9), i40e_trigger_vf_reset(9), i40e_cleanup_reset_vf(9), i40e_reset_vf(9)
• i40e_reset_all_vfs(9), i40e_free_vfs(9), i40e_pci_sriov_enable(9), i40e_pci_sriov_configure(9), i40e_vc_send_msg_to_vf(9)
• i40e_vc_send_resp_to_vf(9), i40e_sync_vf_state(9), i40e_vc_get_version_msg(9), i40e_del_qch(9), i40e_vc_get_max_frame_size(9)
• i40e_vc_get_vf_resources_msg(9), i40e_vc_config_promiscuous_mode_msg(9), i40e_vc_config_queues_msg(9), i40e_validate_queue_map(9), i40e_vc_config_irq_map_msg(9)
• i40e_ctrl_vf_tx_rings(9), i40e_ctrl_vf_rx_rings(9), i40e_vc_validate_vqs_bitmaps(9), i40e_vc_enable_queues_msg(9), i40e_vc_disable_queues_msg(9)
• i40e_check_enough_queue(9), i40e_vc_request_queues_msg(9), i40e_vc_get_stats_msg(9), i40e_check_vf_permission(9), i40e_vc_ether_addr_type(9)
• i40e_is_vc_addr_legacy(9), i40e_is_vc_addr_primary(9), i40e_update_vf_mac_addr(9), i40e_vc_add_mac_addr_msg(9), i40e_vc_del_mac_addr_msg(9)
• i40e_vc_add_vlan_msg(9), i40e_vc_remove_vlan_msg(9), i40e_vc_rdma_msg(9), i40e_vc_rdma_qvmap_msg(9), i40e_vc_config_rss_key(9)
• i40e_vc_config_rss_lut(9), i40e_vc_get_rss_hashcfg(9), i40e_vc_set_rss_hashcfg(9), i40e_vc_enable_vlan_stripping(9), i40e_vc_disable_vlan_stripping(9)
• i40e_validate_cloud_filter(9), i40e_find_vsi_from_seid(9), i40e_del_all_cloud_filters(9), i40e_vc_del_cloud_filter(9), i40e_vc_add_cloud_filter(9)
• i40e_vc_add_qch_msg(9), i40e_vc_del_qch_msg(9), i40e_vc_process_vf_msg(9), i40e_vc_process_vflr_event(9), i40e_validate_vf(9)
• i40e_check_vf_init_timeout(9), i40e_ndo_set_vf_mac(9), i40e_ndo_set_vf_port_vlan(9), i40e_ndo_set_vf_bw(9), i40e_ndo_get_vf_config(9)
• i40e_ndo_set_vf_link_state(9), i40e_ndo_set_vf_spoofchk(9), i40e_setup_vf_trust(9), i40e_ndo_set_vf_trust(9), i40e_get_vf_stats(9)

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ngl the one thing that matters most here: allocate VF resources 💖 everything else on this page is just the guest list 🎀

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and that's the whole page bestie, no cap 🌸 this lil beauty comes from ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e and she was dated October 2026 — iconic behavior, stan forever 👑✨🦋