i40e_setup_p...lter_control(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 i40e_setup_pf_filter_control

okay so this is a page straight out of the Kernel API Manual (yes, the (9) section, we're in kernel-land bestie 🌸) and it's all about one lil' function that sets up a PF's filter stuff. Strap in, it's short but it's important. ✨

🎀 NAME

i40e_setup_pf_filter_control — it literally sets up the PF static filter control. that's the whole vibe. 💖

✨ SYNOPSIS

int i40e_setup_pf_filter_control (struct i40e_pf *pf );

🫶 ARGUMENTS

  • pf — the PF that's getting set up. that's it, that's the argument. she's the main character here 👑

🌈 DESCRIPTION

okay so i40e_setup_pf_filter_control sets up a PF's initial filter control settings. like, first-day-of-school energy for filters 🎒✨

and listen — if PE/FCoE are enabled, it also sets the per-PF based filter sizes that they need. so it's doing extra credit work, slay 💅 and on top of that, it enables Flow director, ethertype, and macvlan type filter settings for the pf. icon behavior honestly 👑

Returns 0 on success, negative on failure. periodt 💀

🦋 SEE ALSO

like, literally the whole i40e cinematic universe. grab a snack, this is a long one 🍓

and that's the whole page bestie, you ate 💅✨ this lil' cutie lives in ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e, dated October 2026 — bookmark it, screenshot it, put it on your fridge, ily, bye 🫶💖🎀

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