iavf_shutdown_asq(9)

💅 iavf_shutdown_asq(9) — the Kernel API Manual moment 🎀

okay bestie, so we're deep in the Kernel API Manual today and the star of the show is literally iavf_shutdown_asq(9). yes, that's a section 9 page, yes, that means kernel internals, and yes, we're gonna get through it together 🫶

---

✨ NAME ✨

iavf_shutdown_asq — shutdown the ASQ 🛑

like. it shuts the ASQ down. the name ate and left no crumbs, ngl.

---

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

enum iavf_status iavf_shutdown_asq (struct iavf_hw *hw );

so it takes one thing and hands you back an enum iavf_status — that's the vibe check result of the whole operation 💫

---

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• hw — pointer to the hardware structure 💖 that's it. that's the whole guest list. one pointer, pointing at your struct iavf_hw, and it's the main character of this function fr fr.

---

👑 DESCRIPTION 👑

bestie. listen. this is the main shutdown routine for the Admin Send Queue ✨ like, the big one. the ASQ's goodbye arc. when it's time for the Admin Send Queue to log off, this is the routine that handles it. no cap, that's the whole description, and honestly? iconic. short, sweet, does exactly what it says on the tin 💅

---

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

you know we can't leave without the whole friend group, so here's everyone linked up 🧚‍♀️

• Kernel file ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/iavf/iavf_adminq.c
• iavf_alloc_adminq_asq_ring(9)
• iavf_alloc_adminq_arq_ring(9)
• iavf_free_adminq_asq(9)
• iavf_free_adminq_arq(9)
• iavf_alloc_arq_bufs(9)
• iavf_alloc_asq_bufs(9)
• iavf_free_arq_bufs(9)
• iavf_free_asq_bufs(9)
• iavf_config_asq_regs(9)
• iavf_config_arq_regs(9)
• iavf_init_asq(9)
• iavf_init_arq(9)
• iavf_shutdown_arq(9)
• iavf_init_adminq(9)
• iavf_shutdown_adminq(9)
• iavf_clean_asq(9)
• iavf_asq_done(9)
• iavf_asq_send_command(9)
• iavf_fill_default_direct_cmd_desc(9)
• iavf_clean_arq_element(9)

look at that roster. the whole adminq squad, assembled. we love a supportive ecosystem 😭💜

---

lowkey a reminder that this page comes from ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/iavf, dated October 2026 — so when you cite it, cite it with your whole chest 💅✨

and that's the page, bestie! go forth and shut down that Admin Send Queue like the icon you are 🎀🔥💖