ice_reset_vf_mbx_cnt(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 ice_reset_vf_mbx_cnt — a Kernel API Manual moment

okay so bestie, welcome to the ice_reset_vf_mbx_cnt(9) page, and yes that's the manual name right there, we're doing this properly ✨ this is the Intel ice driver's little "pls forget how many mailbox messages you've seen" function and honestly? she's short, she's sweet, she's iconic. let's go 🫶

🌸 NAME 🌸

ice_reset_vf_mbx_cnt — literally just resets the VF mailbox message count, that's the whole job, no cap 💅

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

void ice_reset_vf_mbx_cnt (struct ice_vf *vf );
yes the spacing is exactly like that, do not come for me, that's how it's printed in the manpage 😭

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

  • vf — a pointer to the struct ice_vf structure 🦋 like, the VF in question, the main character of this whole operation.

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

So what does she actually do, bestie? This function clears the VF mailbox message count. that's it. that's the vibe.

and here's the important bit — she should be called on VF reset. like, that's her moment, that's her whole purpose in life, she's the "new phone who dis" of mailbox counters 🔥 so when a VF gets reset, this is the function that wipes the slate clean.

ngl, it's giving "small function, big responsibility" energy 👑

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

okay this list is long — like, genuinely a whole group chat of functions — so buckle up, and note the kernel file at the top too 🍓

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

like I said. whole group chat. all of them linked, all of them present, no VF left behind 💀🫶

and that's the page!! 🧚 this came to you from ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice, dated October 2026, and it's filed under ice_reset_vf_mbx_cnt(9) — go reset some VFs (on reset only, bestie, you know the rules) and slay 💖🎀⭐

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