iavf_startup(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 iavf_startup(9) — the Kernel API Manual moment

okay so bestie, buckle up, because we're reading a manpage from the Kernel API Manual and honestly? she's short, she's sweet, and she's lowkey the whole origin story of the iavf driver waking up. no cap. 🦋

✨ NAME ✨

iavf_startup — first step of driver startup. literally the "hi, i'm awake" text of the whole driver. main character energy fr fr 🌸

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

void iavf_startup (struct iavf_adapter *adapter );

yes, that's the whole thing. a void function, no return value, she just goes and does the thing. 💅

✨ ARGUMENTS ✨

  • adapter — board private structure 🎀 that's the per-board lil' data bundle everything gets passed around in, iykyk

✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

okay so here's the tea 🫖 — this function processes the __IAVF_STARTUP driver state. that's her entire job and she does it with her whole chest.

and the state machine (the vibe check, if you will) goes like this:

  • when it succeeds → the state gets changed to __IAVF_INIT_VERSION_CHECK ✅ slay, we're moving on up
  • when it fails → the state gets changed to __IAVF_INIT_FAILED 💀 ngL that's the bad ending

periodt. that's it. that's the function. 👑

✨ SEE ALSO ✨

the full friend group 🫶 — every single one of these is in the group chat, so like, go say hi:

  • Kernel file ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/iavf/iavf_main.c — the actual source file, the mothership 🧚

and now the extended squad:

that's the whole roster, bestie — nobody left out, everyone ate. 🔥

and that's the page!! short king behavior honestly. go read the source file if you want the lore, we only covered the intro ✨

sign-off time 🎀 this lil' beauty comes to you from ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/iavf, dated October 2026 — love her, cherish her, man her again sometime 💖

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