i40e_map_pf_to_vf_queues(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

🌸 NAME 🌸

i40e_map_pf_to_vf_queues — okay so the official description line is literally empty in the source bestie, like the manpage author just ghosted us 💀. But the name tells the story: this is the function that maps PF to VF queues, and the whole thing lives in the Kernel API Manual. That's the header tea ☕ — now let's get into it.

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

void i40e_map_pf_to_vf_queues (struct i40e_vf *vf );

That's it. One function, one argument, no return value (it's void, she doesn't give anything back, she just does 💅).

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

  • vf — pointer to the VF info 🫶 that's the whole vibe, literally just a pointer to the VF info struct.

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

okay so here's what's actually happening, and it's lowkey iconic 🔥:

The PF maps LQPs to a VF by programming VSILAN_QTABLE & VPLAN_QTABLE. Not me capitalizing both of those, they're literally written like that, screaming in all caps, main character table energy 👑

This function takes care of the second part — that's VPLAN_QTABLE — and completes VF mappings. So like, she's not doing the whole job alone, she's the closer, she comes in and finishes the assignment ✨ periodt.

ngl the first part is somebody else's problem, this function just handles VPLAN_QTABLE and completes the VF mappings. That's the scope. No cap 💯

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

So first up, the kernel file herself:

  • ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_virtchnl_pf.c — literally where she lives 🏠

And now the whole group chat 💬 — every single friend, in order, no one left on read:

🌈 the i40e family 🌈

okay that's the whole page 🫶 and before you go — this beauty came out of ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e, dated October 2026, and she's filed under i40e_map_pf_to_vf_queues(9). read her, love her, map those queues bestie 💅✨🍓

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