i40e_setup_channel(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

🎀 i40e_setup_channel — Kernel API Manual 🎀

okay so bestie, this is i40e_setup_channel(9) straight out of the Kernel API Manual, and it is so much less scary than the name sounds, i promise 💖 it's one little boolean function that spins up a brand new channel for you, no cap.

✨ NAME ✨

i40e_setup_channel — setup new channel using uplink element. that's it, that's the whole vibe 🫶

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

bool i40e_setup_channel (struct i40e_pf *pf , struct i40e_vsi *vsi ,
struct i40e_channel *ch );

it returns a bool, bestie. take that however you want 💅

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

  • pf — ptr to PF device. yep, the physical function's whole situation lives here 👑
  • vsi — pointer to the VSI to set up the channel within. this is the friend group the new channel gets adopted into 🌈
  • ch — ptr to channel structure. the actual channel baddie itself 💀

🧚 DESCRIPTION 🧚

okay so the whole thing in one breath: this sets up a new channel (VSI) based on the specified type (VMDq2/VF) and the uplink switching element (uplink_seid).

that's literally it. type check, uplink element check, new channel acquired, main character energy achieved ✨ periodt.

💜 SEE ALSO 💜

first up, the source file itself — go read it, iykyk:

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

and now the entire extended friend group, fr fr. every single one, in order, not skipping a single soul 😭 (this is genuinely the whole list, i'm not doing you dirty):

bestie that's the whole list, i counted, do not come for me 😭💀

and that's the page!! 💖✨🎀 this one lives in ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e, dated October 2026, and it's filed under i40e_setup_channel(9) — go build a channel, you absolute icon 👑🦋🌸

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