idpf_get_device_type(9)

💅 idpf_get_device_type(9) 💅

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual — this little icon is literally idpf_get_device_type(9), and it's here to help you figure out if a device is a VF or a PF. No cap. 🫶

🌸 NAME 🌸

idpf_get_device_type — helper to find if it is a VF or PF device 💖

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

int idpf_get_device_type (struct pci_dev *pdev );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• pdev — PCI device information struct. That's the whole vibe: you hand it the PCI device info and it's the main character of this call. 🎀

🦋 RETURN 🦋

PF/VF device ID or -errno on failure. Periodt. So if things go right, you get the device ID; if not, it's giving -errno. 😭

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

• Kernel file: ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf/idpf_main.c — literally the kernel file to peek at, iykyk. 👀
• idpf_dev_init(9)
• idpf_decfg_device(9)
• idpf_remove(9)
• idpf_shutdown(9)
• idpf_cfg_device(9)
• idpf_probe(9)

bestie vibe check: these are the SEE ALSO besties, all listed and accounted for. ✨

— xoxo, your Kernel API Manual bestie 🫶 (source/version: ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf, date: October 2026)