i40e_dcb_sw_default_config(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💖 i40e_dcb_sw_default_config 💖

okay so bestie, we're in the Kernel API Manual today and this one's a little function with a big job. it lives in the i40e driver, it's a 9-section kernel page, and honestly? it's giving "quiet hero of the DCB world." let's get into it 🫶

✨ NAME ✨

i40e_dcb_sw_default_config — sets up the default DCB configuration for when DCB is handled in SW, no cap 💅

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

int i40e_dcb_sw_default_config (struct i40e_pf *pf );

✨ ARGUMENTS ✨

  • pf — the PF being queried. that's the physical function, and yes she's the main character here 👑

✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

so the whole vibe: this one sets the default DCB configuration in the case where DCB is going to be done in SW. that's it, that's the tea 🍓

like — if DCB is getting handled in software, this is the function that goes "cool, here's your default config, off you go." lowkey simple, highkey important. 🌸

✨ SEE ALSO ✨

the friend group is huge, bestie. like, this function rolls with the entire i40e cast list. no cap, we're listing every single one 💀

first up, the home base:

  • Kernel file ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c

and now the whole group chat, in order, exactly as she comes:

like I said. everyone. she knows everyone. that's her iconic social circle and we respect it 🌈

🎀 that's the whole page bestie — no hidden options, no secret env vars, no exit statuses hiding in the fine print. just the function, the one argument, and the world's longest SEE ALSO. you ate that. periodt. 💅

okay and for the lil sign-off: this page comes from ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e, dated October 2026, and it's filed under i40e_dcb_sw_default_config(9) — mwah, go read it again if you need to, I'll wait 🫶💖✨

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