i40e_sync_vf_state(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

👑 i40e_sync_vf_state — a Kernel API Manual moment (yes, the Kernel API Manual, section 9, we're fancy today) 👑

okay so bestie, gather round, because today's main character is a tiny little bool-returning function from the Intel i40e driver family, and honestly? she's lowkey iconic. no cap. let's get into it 🫶

🌸 NAME 🌸

i40e_sync_vf_state — and that's it, that's the whole name section. the manpage literally gave us a dash and dipped 💀 no description, no tagline, just vibes. we respect the mystery.

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

the way she takes exactly two things and returns a bool, periodt:

bool i40e_sync_vf_state (struct i40e_vf *vf , enum i40e_vf_states state
);

like, notes: that's a struct i40e_vf * pointer and an enum i40e_vf_states value, in that order, and yes the spacing in the original is exactly like that. we do not fix what is not broken 💅

💅 ARGUMENTS 💅

  • vf — pointer to the VF info. that's your boy. the actual VF we're talking about 🦋
  • state — VF state. the state we're checking/syncing against. keep up bestie ✨

🧚 DESCRIPTION 🧚

okay so here's the tea: this function gets called from a VF message, and its whole job is to synchronize the service with a potential VF reset state. that's it. that's the assignment. she shows up, she syncs, she leaves 🔥

no extra lore in the original and we're not inventing any — fr fr, that's the entire description. short, sweet, ate and left no crumbs.

🎀 SEE ALSO 🎀

alright bestie, buckle up, because the friend group here is massive. first up, the source file she lives in:

  • Kernel file ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_virtchnl_pf.c

and now the whole squad, every single one of them, in order, because we do not skip a single bestie in this house 💖

and yes, that's 95 of them, every last one accounted for, no bestie left behind 😭💜

and that's the whole page!! tysm for reading, mwah 🍓

this little love letter lives in ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e, dated October 2026, and it's the i40e_sync_vf_state(9) page — slay, bye 💅✨

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