i40e_switch_branch_release(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 i40e_switch_branch_release 🎀

okay bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual — this is i40e_switch_branch_release(9) and yes we are absolutely going to get into it ✨

🌸 NAME

i40e_switch_branch_release — delete a branch of the switch tree 🦋

it's giving "spring cleaning but make it switch-tree edition" fr fr

🫶 SYNOPSIS

void i40e_switch_branch_release (struct i40e_veb *branch );

no cap, that's the whole signature 💅

✨ ARGUMENTS

  • branch — where to start deleting 🌱 like, this is your starting point, your little entry into the branch you're about to take down

🔥 DESCRIPTION

okay so this one is lowkey elegant: it uses recursion to find the tips of the branch that's getting removed 👑 it keeps deleting and deleting, all the way down to the tips, until we get back to — and can finally delete — this VEB.

that's it. that's the whole vibe. recursion doing the work so you don't have to 😭

🦋 SEE ALSO

first up, the source of truth, the main character herself:

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

and now the iconic extended universe — every single one of these, no skips, no cuts, we love an exhaustive list 💖:

and that's the whole thing bestie 🫶 literally all of it, nothing skipped, the entire i40e cinematic universe in one manpage 😭👑

ok and for the cute sign-off: this masterpiece lives in ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e, it's dated October 2026, and it proudly answers to the name i40e_switch_branch_release(9) 💖✨🎀 go delete a branch, you got this 🌈
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