ice_vc_vf_broadcast(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💖 ice_vc_vf_broadcast — Kernel API Manual ✨

okay so bestie, welcome to the ice_vc_vf_broadcast(9) era 🫶 this is a little function page from the Kernel API Manual, and honestly? it's giving "group announcement energy" — it takes one message and makes sure every VF on the PF hears it. no cap. 💅

🌸 NAME 🌸

ice_vc_vf_broadcast — Broadcast a message to all VFs on PF 📢👑

lowkey the whole personality of this function is in that one line: one message, all the VFs, no favourites. iconic.

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

void ice_vc_vf_broadcast (struct ice_pf *pf , enum virtchnl_ops v_opcode
, enum virtchnl_status_code v_retval , u8 *msg , u16 msglen );

it returns void, bestie — no return value, no "did it work", it just does the thing and vibes. 🦋

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

five args, and every single one matters, so don't skip class:

  • pf — pointer to the PF structure 💜 this is the main character right here, the PF whose VFs are about to get the news.
  • v_opcode — operation code 🔥 the enum virtchnl_ops value telling everyone what kind of message this is.
  • v_retval — return value 💀 the enum virtchnl_status_code riding along with the message.
  • msg — pointer to the msg buffer 📨 (u8 *) — the actual content being broadcast, sitting pretty in memory.
  • msglen — msg length 🧚 a u16 that tells you how much of that buffer is actually the message.

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

  • Kernel file ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/virt/virtchnl.c 📁 — this is the source, bestie, the whole family lives here.

and now the extended universe, fr fr — every one of these cross-references, exactly as listed, no gatekeeping 🌈:

that's the whole friend group, iykyk 💅

🦋 a lil sign-off 🦋

so yeah, this page came from ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i... (the path gets cut off in the footer, no cap 😭) and it's dated October 2026 — and it's signed off as ice_vc_vf_broadcast(9), obviously, because main character energy means your name goes on the page. periodt. 💖⭐🎀

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