ice_set_pfe_link(9)

💅 ice_set_pfe_link (9) — Kernel API Manual 🧊

okay so bestie, welcome to the ice driver's VF corner of the kernel, where we set link speed and status on a virtchnl_pf_event and honestly? it's giving "small function, big responsibilities" energy. no cap. 🫶

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✨ NAME ✨

ice_set_pfe_link — sets the link speed/status of the virtchnl_pf_event. literally that's the whole gig, and it ate. 🔥

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🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

void ice_set_pfe_link (struct ice_vf *vf , struct virtchnl_pf_event *pfe
, int ice_link_speed , bool link_up );

it returns void btw, so don't come looking for a return value, she doesn't have one 💀

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🌸 ARGUMENTS 🌸

• vf — pointer to the VF structure. yep, the virtual function herself 👑
• pfe — pointer to the virtchnl_pf_event you're setting link speed/status for. this is the main character of the whole operation ngl
• ice_link_speed — the link speed, which is specified by ICE_AQ_LINK_SPEED_* (iykyk, those are the macros you want) ⚡
• link_up — whether or not to set the link up/down. like, a bool. on or off. up or down. simple as that, periodt 🦋

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⭐ SEE ALSO ⭐

the kernel file in question, bestie:

• Kernel file ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/virt/virtchnl.c

and now the whole friend group, in order, no skips, no cuts 💖:

• ice_vc_vf_broadcast(9)
• ice_vc_notify_vf_link_state(9)
• ice_vc_notify_link_state(9)
• ice_vc_notify_reset(9)
• ice_vc_send_msg_to_vf(9)
• ice_vc_get_ver_msg(9)
• ice_vc_get_vlan_caps(9)
• ice_vc_get_vf_res_msg(9)
• ice_vc_reset_vf_msg(9)
• ice_vc_isvalid_vsi_id(9)
• ice_vc_get_qos_caps(9)
• ice_vc_cfg_promiscuous_mode_msg(9)
• ice_vc_get_stats_msg(9)
• ice_can_vf_change_mac(9)
• ice_vc_ether_addr_type(9)
• ice_is_vc_addr_legacy(9)
• ice_is_vc_addr_primary(9)
• ice_vfhw_mac_add(9)
• ice_is_mc_lldp_eth_addr(9)
• ice_vc_can_add_mac(9)
• ice_vc_add_mac_addr(9)
• ice_is_legacy_umac_expired(9)
• ice_update_legacy_cached_mac(9)
• ice_vfhw_mac_del(9)
• ice_vc_del_mac_addr(9)
• ice_vc_handle_mac_addr_msg(9)
• ice_vc_add_mac_addr_msg(9)
• ice_vc_del_mac_addr_msg(9)
• ice_vf_vlan_offload_ena(9)
• ice_is_vlan_promisc_allowed(9)
• ice_vf_ena_vlan_promisc(9)
• ice_vf_dis_vlan_promisc(9)
• ice_vf_has_max_vlans(9)
• ice_vc_process_vlan_msg(9)
• ice_vc_add_vlan_msg(9)
• ice_vc_remove_vlan_msg(9)
• ice_vsi_is_rxq_crc_strip_dis(9)
• ice_vc_ena_vlan_stripping(9)
• ice_vc_dis_vlan_stripping(9)
• ice_vc_query_rxdid(9)
• ice_vf_init_vlan_stripping(9)
• ice_vf_outer_vlan_not_allowed(9)
• ice_vc_set_dvm_caps(9)
• ice_vc_set_svm_caps(9)
• ice_vc_get_offload_vlan_v2_caps(9)
• ice_vc_validate_vlan_tpid(9)
• ice_vc_is_valid_vlan(9)
• ice_vc_validate_vlan_filter_list(9)
• ice_vc_to_vlan(9)
• ice_vc_vlan_action(9)
• ice_vc_del_vlans(9)
• ice_vc_remove_vlan_v2_msg(9)
• ice_vc_add_vlans(9)
• ice_vc_validate_add_vlan_filter_list(9)
• ice_vc_add_vlan_v2_msg(9)
• ice_vc_valid_vlan_setting(9)
• ice_vc_valid_vlan_setting_msg(9)
• ice_vc_get_tpid(9)
• ice_vc_ena_vlan_offload(9)
• ice_vc_ena_vlan_stripping_v2_msg(9)
• ice_vc_dis_vlan_stripping_v2_msg(9)
• ice_vc_ena_vlan_insertion_v2_msg(9)
• ice_vc_dis_vlan_insertion_v2_msg(9)
• ice_virtchnl_set_dflt_ops(9)
• ice_vc_repr_add_mac(9)
• ice_vc_repr_del_mac(9)
• ice_virtchnl_set_repr_ops(9)
• ice_is_malicious_vf(9)
• ice_vc_process_vf_msg(9)

like. that is a lot of friends. she's popular, what can I say 🌈

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okay that's the whole page bestie, go forth and set those links 💜

this iconic lil page came from source ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i... and it's dated October 2026 — so yeah, she's from the future, we don't ask questions 🧚✨ and the page name is ice_set_pfe_link(9), in case you forgot already 🙈