iavf_aq_queue_shutdown(9)

💅 iavf_aq_queue_shutdown — kernel api manual, but make it cute

okay so bestie, welcome to the iavf_aq_queue_shutdown(9) page 💖 it lives in the Kernel API Manual section of the man pages (that's the (9) at the end of the name, iykyk), and it's all about telling the firmware some big news. let's get into it 🫶

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✨ NAME ✨

iavf_aq_queue_shutdown —

okay so real talk, the NAME section is literally just the function name and then a dash and then... nothing 😭 the one-line description is blank, fr fr. no cap, that's the whole thing. we move regardless 💅

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

enum iavf_status iavf_aq_queue_shutdown (struct iavf_hw *hw , bool unloading );

so it hands you back an enum iavf_status (that's your status code, bestie, gotta check it 👀) and it takes exactly two things. that's it. that's the whole vibe.

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• hw — pointer to the hw struct 🦋 your handy-dandy handle to the hardware, the main character of this whole operation.
• unloading — is the driver unloading itself 💀 like, a bool that answers the question "are we packing our bags and leaving, or just shutting this one thing down?" yes that's literally what it's asking.

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💜 DESCRIPTION 💜

okay so here's the tea ☕ this function tells the Firmware that we're shutting down the AdminQ — and it also tells the firmware whether or not the driver is unloading at the same time. two pieces of info, one call, slay ✨

like, the firmware needs to know both things, and iavf_aq_queue_shutdown is the messenger 🧚 that's it, that's the job. iconic behaviour honestly.

no drama, no surprises — just a polite heads-up to the firmware before the AdminQ goes night-night 😴

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

the kernel file lives right here, bestie, go peek if you're nosy like me 👑

• Kernel file ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/iavf/iavf_common.c
• iavf_stat_str(9)
• iavf_debug_aq(9)
• iavf_check_asq_alive(9)
• iavf_aq_get_set_rss_lut(9)
• iavf_aq_set_rss_lut(9)
• iavf_aq_get_set_rss_key(9)
• iavf_aq_set_rss_key(9)
• iavf_aq_send_msg_to_pf(9)
• iavf_vf_parse_hw_config(9)

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aaaand that's the page 💖 tysm for reading bestie, go check your status codes and hydrate!! this one comes from the source tree at ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/iavf, dated October 2026 — periodt, that's the whole sign-off 🎀✨💅