ice_add_channel(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 ice_add_channel — girl, we're adding a channel (9)

okay so this one lives in the Kernel API Manual (section 9, iykyk), and it is literally the function that spins up a brand new channel by adding a VSI. tiny function, big main character energy ✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

ice_add_channel — add a channel by adding VSI 🫶

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

int ice_add_channel (struct ice_pf *pf , u16 sw_id , struct ice_channel
*ch );

no cap, that's the whole signature. three args, returns an int. periodt.

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

  • pf — ptr to PF device 💖 that's your physical function, bestie, the whole vibe
  • sw_id — underlying HW switching element ID 🔥 it's a u16, it tells you which switching element in the hardware we're talking about
  • ch — ptr to channel structure 🦋 the actual channel we're bringing into existence

💜 DESCRIPTION 💜

Add a channel (VSI) using add_vsi and queue_map.

that's it. that's the whole thing. it's giving "small function, crucial job" honestly 👑

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

first up, the kernel file this bad boy lives in — no gatekeeping:

  • Kernel file ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_main.c

and now the friend group, the whole ice extended universe, every single one of them, in order, no skips 🙈

like, that's the whole brat summer of ice functions, and yes I listed every one 💀💅

🫶 reminder bestie: these are all cross-references in section 9, so if you're lost, just man one of them and keep going. you got this.

okay and finally, the cute little sign-off: this page comes from ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice, dated October 2026, and it's the ice_add_channel(9) page — mwah, stan the ICE driver, bye bestie 🎀✨🦋

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