i40e_del_pinfo(9)

💖 i40e_del_pinfo 💖

okay so bestie, we're in the Kernel API Manual today and the star of the show is literally i40e_del_pinfo(9) — say that three times fast, i dare you 🫶

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✨ NAME ✨

i40e_del_pinfo — delete DDP profile info from NIC

like, it's the little cleanup queen of the i40e world and honestly? she ate 💅

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

int i40e_del_pinfo (struct i40e_hw *hw , struct i40e_profile_segment
*profile , u8 *profile_info_sec , u32 track_id );

it returns an int, no cap, and takes four lil friends. let's meet them 🎀

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• hw — the HW data structure, aka the main character. everything runs through her 💜
• profile — the DDP profile segment to be deleted. yes, she's getting yeeted 🙈
• profile_info_sec — the DDP profile section header. it's giving receipts/paperwork, but make it kernel 🌸
• track_id — the track ID of the profile you're deleting. like a little name tag so nobody gets deleted by accident 😭

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🧚 DESCRIPTION 🧚

Removes DDP profile from the NIC.

that's it, that's the whole vibe. it just... takes the DDP profile off the NIC. iconic behavior, lowkey 🔥

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⭐ SEE ALSO ⭐

• Kernel file ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_ddp.c
• i40e_ddp_profiles_eq(9)
• i40e_ddp_does_profile_exist(9)
• i40e_ddp_profiles_overlap(9)
• i40e_ddp_does_profile_overlap(9)
• i40e_add_pinfo(9)
• i40e_ddp_is_pkg_hdr_valid(9)
• i40e_ddp_load(9)
• i40e_ddp_restore(9)
• i40e_ddp_flash(9)

go read all of them, bestie, i'll wait 💀✨

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ngl if you're deleting profiles on a NIC with i40e_del_pinfo, pls pls pls make sure you actually meant to. no take-backsies energy here 🙈💖

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and that's the whole page!! mwah 💋 — this lil gem comes to you straight from ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e, dated October 2026, so mark your calendar babe 🎀🌈💜