ice_pf_vsi_setup(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💖 ice_pf_vsi_setup(9) 💖

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual — this is the ice_pf_vsi_setup(9) page and it's literally the glow-up moment where a PF gets its VSI. slay. ✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

ice_pf_vsi_setup — Set up a PF VSI 🫶

⭐ SYNOPSIS ⭐

struct ice_vsi * ice_pf_vsi_setup (struct ice_pf *pf , struct ice_port_info *pi );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

  • pf — the board private structure. yes she's private, yes she's the whole personality 💅
  • pi — pointer to the port_info instance. the little port bestie 🦋

✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

So here's the vibe check 🧚: this function returns a pointer to the successfully allocated VSI software struct on success. iconic behavior, no notes 👑

But if it fails? It returns NULL. that's it. that's the whole deal 😭 no extra lore, no hidden meaning — NULL on failure, periodt.

heads up bestie 💀 — check that return value fr fr, a NULL VSI is giving "nothing to work with" energy and there's no secret third option documented here.

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

the whole extended friend group 💜 — first off, the source file lives at:

Kernel file ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_main.c

and then, alphabetically unhinged but we respect it, every single one of these absolute icons:

and that's the page bestie!! 🌈 this one ships out from the ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice crew, dated October 2026, and it's the ice_pf_vsi_setup(9) manual all day every day 💖 mwah, go set up a VSI, you got this 🎀🦋

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