iavf_set_features(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

🌸 iavf_set_features(9) — a Kernel API Manual moment 🌸

okay bestie, so we're looking at iavf_set_features(9) from the Kernel API Manual, and honestly? she's giving "small function, big responsibilities." let's get into it 💅

✨ NAME ✨

iavf_set_features — sets the netdev feature flags. that's the whole job, and she does it flawlessly. 🎀

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

int iavf_set_features (struct net_device *netdev , netdev_features_t
features );

literally right there in the signature, no gatekeeping 🫶

✨ ARGUMENTS ✨

  • netdev — ptr to the netdev being adjusted. yes bestie, that netdev. the one getting her little features tweaked ✨
  • features — the feature set that the stack is suggesting. the stack has opinions, and this is them 💭

💀 NOTE 💀

expects to be called while under rtnl_lock

not me emphasizing this — expects to be called while under rtnl_lock — like, this is a real expectation, bestie. lock it up first or it's giving undefined-chaos energy 😭🔒

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

first up, the source of truth: the kernel file ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/iavf/iavf_main.c 📂✨

and now the entire guest list, because she knows everyone and we are NOT skipping a single plus-one 👑:

like, that's the whole friend group and every single one of them made the list 💖 no cap.

and that's the teaaaa 🍓 this little page came straight out of ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/iavf, dated October 2026, and it's filed under iavf_set_features(9). mwah, go set some features bestie 💋✨🧚

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