i40e_shutdown_asq(9)

💅 i40e_shutdown_asq(9) — like, the kernel API manual bestie 🎀

okay so this is a page from the Kernel API Manual, and it's all about i40e_shutdown_asq — yes the (9) means it's a kernel function, iykyk. let's get into it 💖

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✨ NAME ✨

i40e_shutdown_asq — literally just shutting down the ASQ, that's the whole vibe

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

int i40e_shutdown_asq (struct i40e_hw *hw );

like… that's the entire signature. short and iconic 💅

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🌸 ARGUMENTS 🌸

• hw — pointer to the hardware structure. that's it. that's the whole argument list, bestie 🫶

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🔥 DESCRIPTION 🔥

The main shutdown routine for the Admin Send Queue. no cap, that's what it is — the big one, the headliner, the main character of Admin Send Queue shutdowns 👑

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💜 SEE ALSO 💜

the source lives in this kernel file, right here:

Kernel file ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_adminq.c

and here's the whole friend group, every single one of them, no skipping 🧚:

• i40e_alloc_adminq_asq_ring(9)
• i40e_alloc_adminq_arq_ring(9)
• i40e_free_adminq_asq(9)
• i40e_free_adminq_arq(9)
• i40e_alloc_arq_bufs(9)
• i40e_alloc_asq_bufs(9)
• i40e_free_arq_bufs(9)
• i40e_free_asq_bufs(9)
• i40e_config_asq_regs(9)
• i40e_config_arq_regs(9)
• i40e_init_asq(9)
• i40e_init_arq(9)
• i40e_shutdown_arq(9)
• i40e_set_hw_caps(9)
• i40e_init_adminq(9)
• i40e_shutdown_adminq(9)
• i40e_clean_asq(9)
• i40e_asq_done(9)
• i40e_asq_send_command_atomic_exec(9)
• i40e_asq_send_command_atomic(9)
• i40e_asq_send_command_atomic_v2(9)
• i40e_fill_default_direct_cmd_desc(9)
• i40e_clean_arq_element(9)

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and that's the whole page, bestie — you ate that 🍓

anyway, this lil masterpiece shipped from ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e back in October 2026, and the page itself is i40e_shutdown_asq(9). mwah, go forth and shut down those Admin Send Queues 💋✨