ice_start_vfs(9)

💜 ice_start_vfs(9) — a Kernel API Manual moment

okay bestie so this is a page from the Kernel API Manual, and it's about ice_start_vfs — the little function that gets your VFs up and running so SR-IOV can actually do its thing. no cap, it's a glow-up moment for your virtual functions. ✨

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🌸 NAME 🌸

ice_start_vfs — start VFs so they are ready to be used by SR-IOV

like literally, it spins up the Virtual Functions and gets them into a state where SR-IOV can be like "yes queen, use me." 💅

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

int ice_start_vfs (struct ice_pf *pf );

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• pf — the PF that the VFs are associated with 🫶 (PF = Physical Function, iykyk — the main character here, and the VFs are its little entourage)

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

okay so this is the whole friend group, the entire group chat, no one gets left on read 💖 — and heads up, all of these live in the kernel file ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_sriov.c:

• ice_free_vf_entries(9)
• ice_free_vf_res(9)
• ice_dis_vf_mappings(9)
• ice_free_vfs(9)
• ice_vf_vsi_setup(9)
• ice_ena_vf_msix_mappings(9)
• ice_ena_vf_q_mappings(9)
• ice_ena_vf_mappings(9)
• ice_calc_vf_reg_idx(9)
• ice_set_per_vf_res(9)
• ice_init_vf_vsi_res(9)
• ice_sriov_free_vf(9)
• ice_sriov_clear_reset_state(9)
• ice_sriov_clear_mbx_register(9)
• ice_sriov_trigger_reset_register(9)
• ice_sriov_poll_reset_status(9)
• ice_sriov_clear_reset_trigger(9)
• ice_sriov_post_vsi_rebuild(9)
• ice_create_vf_entries(9)
• ice_ena_vfs(9)
• ice_pci_sriov_ena(9)
• ice_check_sriov_allowed(9)
• ice_sriov_get_vf_total_msix(9)
• ice_sriov_set_msix_vec_count(9)
• ice_sriov_configure(9)
• ice_process_vflr_event(9)
• ice_get_vf_from_pfq(9)
• ice_globalq_to_pfq(9)
• ice_vf_lan_overflow_event(9)
• ice_set_vf_spoofchk(9)
• ice_get_vf_cfg(9)
• __ice_set_vf_mac(9)
• ice_set_vf_mac(9)
• ice_setup_vf_trust(9)
• ice_set_vf_trust(9)
• ice_set_vf_link_state(9)
• ice_calc_all_vfs_min_tx_rate(9)
• ice_min_tx_rate_oversubscribed(9)
• ice_set_vf_bw(9)
• ice_get_vf_stats(9)
• ice_is_supported_port_vlan_proto(9)
• ice_set_vf_port_vlan(9)
• ice_print_vf_rx_mdd_event(9)
• ice_print_vf_tx_mdd_event(9)
• ice_print_vfs_mdd_events(9)
• ice_restore_all_vfs_msi_state(9)

like, that's the whole squad. go read them, they're iconic. 🧚

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okay that's the whole page bestie, ily, mwah 💋 — this came out of ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice and it's dated October 2026. see you in the next manpage, periodt. 🍓💜