ice_eswitch_setup_env(9)

💖 ice_eswitch_setup_env — configure eswitch HW filters 💖

okay bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual ✨ this one's a lil function page and honestly it's giving "short but mighty" — let's get into it 🫶

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🌸 NAME 🌸

ice_eswitch_setup_env — configure eswitch HW filters 💅

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

int ice_eswitch_setup_env(struct ice_pf *pf);

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• pf — pointer to the PF struct 🦋 (that's the physical function struct, iykyk)

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🌈 DESCRIPTION 🌈

so what does it actually do? it adds HW filters configuration specific for switchdev mode ⭐ that's the whole vibe. no cap, that's it — this function is out here setting up hardware filter config that only makes sense in switchdev mode, periodt 👑

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

first up, the source file itself, right here in the kernel tree:

./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_eswitch.c

and then the whole friend group 😭 literally the entire eswitch crew, go say hi:

• ice_eswitch_release_repr(9)
• ice_eswitch_setup_repr(9)
• ice_eswitch_cfg_vsi(9)
• ice_eswitch_decfg_vsi(9)
• ice_eswitch_update_repr(9)
• ice_eswitch_port_start_xmit(9)
• ice_eswitch_set_target_vsi(9)
• ice_eswitch_release_env(9)
• ice_eswitch_enable_switchdev(9)
• ice_eswitch_disable_switchdev(9)
• ice_eswitch_mode_set(9)
• ice_eswitch_mode_get(9)
• ice_is_eswitch_mode_switchdev(9)
• ice_eswitch_start_all_tx_queues(9)
• ice_eswitch_stop_all_tx_queues(9)
• ice_eswitch_attach_vf(9)
• ice_eswitch_attach_sf(9)
• ice_eswitch_detach_vf(9)
• ice_eswitch_detach_sf(9)
• ice_eswitch_get_target(9)

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fr fr, ice_eswitch_release_env(9) is right there in the list 👀 if setup exists, release exists — iconic symmetry, we love to see it 💜

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and that's the page, bestie 🎀💖 this one came from ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice, October 2026 edition — mwah, go read the source, slay 💅✨