ice_setup_hw_channel(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 ice_setup_hw_channel(9) — straight out of the Kernel API Manual ✨

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual 🎀 this is the page for ice_setup_hw_channel(9), and honestly? it's giving "quiet little helper that does a lot of heavy lifting" energy. let's get into it 🫶

🌸 NAME 🌸

ice_setup_hw_channel — setup new channel 💖

like, the whole personality of this function is making a new channel happen. iconic.

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

int ice_setup_hw_channel (struct ice_pf *pf , struct ice_vsi *vsi ,
struct ice_channel *ch , u16 sw_id , u8 type );

it returns an int, it takes five things, that's the whole vibe check ✅

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

  • pf — ptr to PF device 🌈 like, the actual physical function she's working with
  • vsi — the VSI being setup 👑 this is the VSI in question, the main character of this call
  • ch — ptr to channel structure 💜 a pointer to the channel struct, obviously
  • sw_id — underlying HW switching element ID 🔥 the ID of the hardware switching element underneath it all
  • type — type of channel to be created (VMDq2/VF) 🎀 so it's either VMDq2 or VF, that's the choice you're making

no cap, five args and every single one of them matters 💅

🧚 DESCRIPTION 🧚

Setup new channel (VSI) based on specified type (VMDq2/VF) and configures Tx rings accordingly ✨

so yeah — she takes the type you passed (VMDq2 or VF), sets up a fresh new channel / VSI off of it, and then configures the Tx rings to match. like the rings are literally getting a whole makeover to fit the new channel 😭🔥 it's all in a day's work for her.

💀 SEE ALSO 💀

first things first, the kernel file this lives in:

  • ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_main.c → that's the file, that's where she hangs out 🫶

and now… the friend group 😭 the ice family is huge, so buckle up — they're all listed below, no cap, every single one:

like I said — huge friend group. she knows everyone at the function family reunion 💀💖

okay that's the whole page bestie, you ate that 🫶✨

little sign-off from the manual itself: this page lives in ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice, it's the ice_setup_hw_channel(9) page, and it's dated October 2026 🎀

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