ice_discover_func_caps(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

🌸 ice_discover_func_caps(9) 🌸 — straight outta the Kernel API Manual, bestie 💅

okay so before we even get into it: yes, this is a kernel man page, no, it's not boring, and yes, I'm gonna walk you through it like we're texting at 2am. it's giving "small function, big friend group" and honestly? iconic. 🫶

✨ NAME ✨

ice_discover_func_caps — Read and extract function capabilities 💖

like, that's the whole vibe. read the caps, extract the caps, move on with your life. periodt.

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

int ice_discover_func_caps (struct ice_hw *hw , struct ice_hw_func_caps
*func_caps );

yes the spacing is a little chaotic, no we are not fixing it, it's part of the charm 💀

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

  • hw — pointer to the hardware structure. the main character of the hardware world, lowkey.
  • func_caps — pointer to the function capabilities structure. this is where all the good stuff gets tucked away. 🍓

🔥 DESCRIPTION 🔥

So here's the tea: ice_discover_func_caps reads the function capabilities and extracts them into the func_caps structure so they can be used later. That's it. That's the whole function. Read, extract, store, slay. ✨

No cap, it's literally just gathering the info and putting it somewhere your future self can find it — which is honestly the most responsible thing anyone in this codebase does. main character energy fr fr. 👑

bestie reminder: the caps get pulled into func_caps for later use, so don't come for this function when something downstream reads them — it did its job. 💜

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

first up, the actual home turf:

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

and now, the extended friend group. there are a LOT of them and I'm obsessed with how many mutuals this one function has 😭 every single one, in order, no skips:

like… 166 mutuals. she's networking, she's thriving, she's in ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice. 🌈 iykyk.

and that's the page!! ty for coming to my ted talk, bestie 🎀

this little cutie lives in the Kernel API Manual, comes to you from ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice, and the version on deck is dated October 2026 — see you next time, muah 💋🦋

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