ice_calc_vf_reg_idx(9)

πŸ“¦ version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

πŸ’… ice_calc_vf_reg_idx β€” a Kernel API Manual moment ✨

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual entry for ice_calc_vf_reg_idx(9) and honestly? it's giving "small function, big responsibility" πŸŽ€ let's get into it.


✨ NAME ✨

ice_calc_vf_reg_idx β€” literally just calculate the VF's register index in the PF space πŸ’– that's the whole job. that's the assignment. she's doing one (1) thing and she's doing it.


πŸ¦‹ SYNOPSIS πŸ¦‹

void ice_calc_vf_reg_idx (struct ice_vf *vf , struct ice_q_vector
*q_vector );

like, no cap, that's the signature. she returns void and takes two pointers. simple. iconic. periodt. πŸ‘‘


🌸 ARGUMENTS 🌸

  • vf β€” the VF you're calculating the register index for 🫢 she's the main character here, the whole reason we're gathered.
  • q_vector β€” a q_vector that's associated to the VF ✨ so like, the q_vector has to actually belong to that VF, iykyk.
no defaults, no optional stuff, no null-check hand-holding spelled out in the page β€” you pass the VF, you pass the q_vector, you move on. πŸ’€

πŸ’œ SEE ALSO πŸ’œ

okay this is the part where the friend group gets LARGE β€” the whole ice SRIOV squad shows up. also she lives in the kernel file ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_sriov.c 🧚

like, forty-something cross-references, she's connected fr fr 🌈


and that's the whole page bestie, no more sections, we ate and left no crumbs πŸ“

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