i40e_pf_reset(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💖 i40e_pf_reset(9) 💖

okay so bestie, welcome to the i40e_pf_reset(9) page — this is from the Kernel API Manual and it's literally a tiny little function with a big job. no cap, it's short, but it's important, so let's get into it 🫶

✨ NAME ✨

i40e_pf_reset — reset the PF 💅

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

int i40e_pf_reset (struct i40e_hw *hw );

that's the whole signature, queen. returns an int, takes one pointer. slay 💜

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

  • hw — pointer to the hardware structure 🦋 that's it, that's the whole argument list. one pointer, main character energy.

🔥 DESCRIPTION 🔥

okay so picture this: someone else has already triggered a global reset. not us. we're just the cleanup crew. 🧹

this function assumes that's already happened, and then it does two things, in order:

  1. makes sure the global reset is actually complete ⭐
  2. resets the PF 👑

so like, it's not the one starting the party — it's the one making sure the party actually ended and then tidying up the PF. iykyk 🌈

ngl, the "assuming someone else has triggered a global reset" part is doing a lot of work here — that's a precondition, bestie, so don't come at this function expecting it to kick off the global reset for you 💀

💫 SEE ALSO 💫

this is the long part. like, long long. but every single one of these is a real reference and we're not skipping a single one, fr fr 🌸

also, the kernel file itself lives at 👇

Kernel file ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_common.c

like i said. long long. but we got through it together and that's what matters 💖✨

and that's the whole page, babes!! 🎀 source/version is ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e, dated October 2026, and the man page is i40e_pf_reset(9) — go forth and reset that PF responsibly, bestie 💅👑🌸

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