idpf_initiate_soft_reset(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💫 idpf_initiate_soft_reset — NAME 💫

okay bestie, welcome to section 9 of the Kernel API Manual 💖 — this one's idpf_initiate_soft_reset, and yes it does exactly what it says on the tin: it kicks off a software reset ✨

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

int idpf_initiate_soft_reset (struct idpf_vport *vport , enum
       idpf_vport_reset_cause reset_cause );

like, that's the whole vibe. two args, one int coming back atcha 🫶

🌸 ARGUMENTS 🌸

  • vport — the virtual port data struct, aka the main character of this whole operation 👑
  • reset_cause — the reason for the soft reset. like, why are we resetting, bestie? this is where you say 💅

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so here's the tea ☕ — soft reset only reallocs vport queue resources. that's it, that's the whole job. nothing else gets touched, ngl.

it returns 0 on success 🎉 and negative on failure 😭 (so yeah, check your return value, fr fr).

no cap: this is a soft reset, so don't go expecting it to do a full teardown. it reallocs the vport queue resources and dips. that's the assignment and it ate 💀✨

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

the kernel file lives right here, iconic:

./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf/idpf_lib.c

and now, the full bestie roll-call — every single one of these, in order, no skips 🫡:

like… sixty functions. she's popular, what can I say 💅🌈

and that's the whole page, bestie 🎀✨ this one's from ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf, dated October 2026, and yeah — the manpage footer literally repeats idpf_initiate_soft_reset(9)'s own name back at you, which is giving self-obsessed main character energy ngl 😭💀 go forth and reset softly, you got this 💖🦋⭐

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