ice_is_primary(9)

💅 ice_is_primary(9) 💅

okay bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual — today's main character is ice_is_primary, and honestly? she's doing a vibe check on your hardware 🫶

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✨ NAME ✨

ice_is_primary — the girl who checks if a given device belongs to the primary complex 👑

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

bool ice_is_primary (struct ice_hw *hw );

that's it. one function, one argument, zero drama (allegedly) 💖

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• hw — pointer to HW structure. that's your hardware bestie, she's the whole point here 🌸

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⭐ DESCRIPTION ⭐

so what she does is: check if the given PF/HW is running on the primary complex in a multi-NAC configuration. literally that's the whole gig 💅 like she looks at your PF/HW and goes "are you the primary one, or are you being extra?" and tells you the truth, no cap 🔥

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🌈 RETURN 🌈

returns true if the device is dual, and false otherwise — but plot twist, it's always true for non-E825 devices 🙈 so if you're not on E825, you already know the answer, bestie, go home 🧚

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

• Kernel file ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice.h
• ice_vector_ch_enabled(9)
• ice_ptp_pf_handles_tx_interrupt(9)
• ice_irq_dynamic_ena(9)
• ice_netdev_to_pf(9)
• ice_is_txtime_ena(9)
• ice_is_txtime_cfg(9)
• ice_get_xp_from_qid(9)
• ice_rx_xsk_pool(9)
• ice_tx_xsk_pool(9)
• ice_get_max_txq(9)
• ice_get_max_rxq(9)
• ice_get_main_vsi(9)
• ice_get_netdev_priv_vsi(9)
• ice_get_ctrl_vsi(9)
• ice_find_vsi(9)
• ice_is_switchdev_running(9)
• ice_is_adq_active(9)
• ice_set_rdma_cap(9)
• ice_clear_rdma_cap(9)
• ice_is_dual(9)
• ice_pf_src_tmr_owned(9)
• ice_get_primary_hw(9)
• ice_get_ctrl_pf(9)

like, that's the whole friend group right there — go say hi to all of them, they're iconic 💜

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ngl, none of this is scary, it's just a bool check. you got this. periodt. 💀✨

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and that's a wrap, bestie! this page came from ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice and it's dated October 2026 — so mark your calendar, screenshot it, frame it, whatever 🎀 bye pookie! 🦋