i40e_setup_macvlans(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💖 i40e_setup_macvlans(9) 💖

okay bestie, real talk — this one's from the Kernel API Manual, section 9, and it's the page for i40e_setup_macvlans. It's short, it's sweet, and it will absolutely come up if you're poking at the i40e driver. Let's get into it 🫶

✨ NAME ✨

i40e_setup_macvlans — create the channels which will be macvlans

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

int i40e_setup_macvlans (struct i40e_vsi *vsi , u16 macvlan_cnt , u16 qcnt , struct net_device *vdev );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

  • vsi — the VSI we want to access ✨
  • macvlan_cnt — no. of macvlans to be setup 💫
  • qcnt — no. of Qs per macvlan 🧚
  • vdev — macvlan netdevice 👑

💅 SEE ALSO 💅

first up, the kernel file this whole thing lives in:

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

and then, bestie… the whole extended fam 🫶 (yes, all of them, no cap):

bestie that list is an entire friend group, not a SEE ALSO section 😭 but it's all there, every single one, no skips 💯

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✨ that's the whole page, bestie ✨

mwah 💋 this lil' cutie came out of ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e and it's dated October 2026 — go forth and slay your macvlan channels 👑💖

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