i40e_config_netdev(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💖 NAME 💖

okay so bestie, welcome to i40e_config_netdev(9) — the Kernel API Manual page that's literally about setting up the netdev flags. That's the whole vibe. i40e_config_netdev — Setup the netdev flags. periodt 💅

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

int i40e_config_netdev (struct i40e_vsi *vsi );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

  • vsi — the VSI being configured 🫶 that's it, that's the whole input, she's low maintenance.

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

So what does she actually do? She returns 0 on success, and a negative value on failure. That's the tea. ☕

Like, no cap — that's the entire documented contract here:

  • 0 = it worked, slay, main character energy 👑
  • negative value = it did not work, and you should go touch grass and check your error handling 😭
Do not assume anything about which negative value shows up — the page just says "negative value on failure", so that's all we're claiming. iykyk 🙈

🌸 SEE ALSO 🌸

The kernel file where all this lives is literally:

./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c

And now, the friend group — the full roster, every single one, not skipping a single bestie (yes I alphabetized nothing, this is exactly the order, I don't make the rules 💀):

and that's the whole page bestie, every crumb of it, no details left behind 🫶

<cute>okay signing off — this little love letter lives in ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e and it's dated October 2026. mwah 💋</cute>

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