ice_get_sbq(9)

💅 ice_get_sbq(9) — like, the kernel API manual bestie 🎀

okay so first things first: welcome to ice_get_sbq(9), a page from the Kernel API Manual, and honestly? it's giving short-and-sweet main character energy ✨

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🌸 NAME 🌸

ice_get_sbq — returns the right control queue to use for sideband 💖

like, that's it. that's the whole job. it hands you back the control queue you're supposed to be using for sideband stuff. no cap.

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

struct ice_ctl_q_info * ice_get_sbq (struct ice_hw *hw );

yep, that's the whole signature. she takes one pointer, she gives back a pointer to a struct ice_ctl_q_info. neat, right? 🫶

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• hw — pointer to the hardware structure. literally just the hardware struct, bestie. that's what she needs from you. pass it in and let her cook 🔥

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

so like, this function does not exist in a vacuum, okay? here's the whole friend group, and the file they all live in:

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

and the rest of the squad, alphabetically-adjacent and all on their own pages:

• ice_adminq_init_regs(9)
• ice_mailbox_init_regs(9)
• ice_sb_init_regs(9)
• ice_check_sq_alive(9)
• ice_alloc_ctrlq_sq_ring(9)
• ice_alloc_ctrlq_rq_ring(9)
• ice_free_cq_ring(9)
• ice_alloc_rq_bufs(9)
• ice_alloc_sq_bufs(9)
• ice_cfg_sq_regs(9)
• ice_cfg_rq_regs(9)
• ice_init_sq(9)
• ice_init_rq(9)
• ice_shutdown_sq(9)
• ice_aq_ver_check(9)
• ice_shutdown_rq(9)
• ice_init_check_adminq(9)
• ice_init_ctrlq(9)
• ice_is_sbq_supported(9)
• ice_shutdown_ctrlq(9)
• ice_shutdown_all_ctrlq(9)
• ice_init_all_ctrlq(9)
• ice_init_ctrlq_locks(9)
• ice_create_all_ctrlq(9)
• ice_destroy_ctrlq_locks(9)
• ice_destroy_all_ctrlq(9)
• ice_clean_sq(9)
• ice_ctl_q_str(9)
• ice_debug_cq(9)
• ice_sq_done(9)
• ice_sq_send_cmd(9)
• ice_fill_dflt_direct_cmd_desc(9)
• ice_clean_rq_elem(9)

like, go read them. i'll wait. 💅

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lowkey a little reminder: this is the ice driver's control-queue corner of the kernel, so if you're poking at sideband queues you're deep in the networking stack. hydrate before debugging, bestie 💀

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and that's the page!! mwah 💋 sourced from ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice, dated October 2026, and yes she's still ice_get_sbq(9) — go slay your sideband queues, ily 🧚💜