i40e_reset_subtask(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

🎀 i40e_reset_subtask 🎀

okay so bestie, we're in the Kernel API Manual today — section 9, kernel-dev territory, iykyk 💅 — and the star of the show is this one little function that gets the device and the driver ready to reset. lowkey one of those quiet backstage main characters that keeps everything from falling apart ✨

✨ NAME ✨

i40e_reset_subtask — set up for resetting the device and driver 🫶

like, both of them. device, driver, whole rollout. no cap.

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

void i40e_reset_subtask (struct i40e_pf *pf );

that's it, that's the whole signature 👑 returns void, takes one pointer, does the thing.

🌸 ARGUMENTS 🌸

  • pf — board private structure. this is the board's own private little world of state, and you're handing it over so the reset prep can happen 💖
ngl there's exactly one argument here, so if you were bracing for a long list, congrats, you're done 🎉

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

first up, the actual address of the code, in case you wanna go read the source like the little scholar you are 🧚

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

and now… the squad. the whole squad. every single one, no skips, no cuts, no "etc." 🙈 presenting:

like… that's the whole friend group 😭 every single one of them showed up to the party, and honestly? ate. 💅

and that's the whole page, bestie 🫶 this one lives over in ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e and it's stamped October 2026 ⭐ — go forth and reset responsibly 🎀✨

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