i40e_vf_client_capable(9)

💖 i40e_vf_client_capable(9) 💖

okay so welcome to the Kernel API Manual, bestie — today's main character is i40e_vf_client_capable, and honestly? She's a little vibe-checker for your VFs. Let's get into it 🎀

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✨ NAME ✨

i40e_vf_client_capable — literally just sliding into the client's DMs to ask if it likes the specified VF 🫶

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

int i40e_vf_client_capable (struct i40e_pf *pf , u32 vf_id );

like, that's the whole thing. short. iconic. no notes 💅

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• pf — the PF device pointer. yep, the PF. your fave. she's the one holding everything down 👑
• vf_id — the VF in question. the specific one we're asking about, no cap 🔥

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⭐ DESCRIPTION ⭐

so here's the tea: if there's a client of the specified type attached to this pf, we call its vf_capable routine. that's it. that's the whole function. she asks, the client answers, everybody moves on 🙈

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

the whole friend group, fr fr — go say hi to all of them:

• Kernel file ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_client.c
• i40e_client_get_params(9)
• i40e_notify_client_of_vf_msg(9)
• i40e_notify_client_of_l2_param_changes(9)
• i40e_client_release_qvlist(9)
• i40e_notify_client_of_netdev_close(9)
• i40e_notify_client_of_vf_reset(9)
• i40e_notify_client_of_vf_enable(9)
• i40e_client_add_instance(9)
• i40e_client_del_instance(9)
• i40e_client_subtask(9)
• i40e_lan_add_device(9)
• i40e_lan_del_device(9)
• i40e_client_virtchnl_send(9)
• i40e_client_setup_qvlist(9)
• i40e_client_request_reset(9)
• i40e_client_update_vsi_ctxt(9)

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and that's the post 💜 this little beauty lives over in ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e, timestamped October 2026, and she answers to the name i40e_vf_client_capable(9). mwah, bye bestie, go ask your VFs if they're capable 🧚💖