idpf_send_chunked_msg(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 idpf_send_chunked_msg(9) — like, the chunked VC message sender, bestie

okay so this is a page from the Kernel API Manual (section 9, kernel developer vibes ✨) and it's all about idpf_send_chunked_msg. yes the name is a mouthful, no I will not be shortening it, it's iconic and it knows it 💅

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

int idpf_send_chunked_msg (struct idpf_adapter *adapter , const struct
idpf_chunked_msg_params *params );

that's the whole signature, no cap. two args, one int coming back at you 🫶

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

  • adapter — the driver-specific private structure, aka the driver's whole personality in one struct 🫶 it knows things.
  • params — the message params. literally the parameters for the message. it's giving "named exactly what it is" and honestly? respect 🌸

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

okay so picture this: it's a helper function 💁‍♀️ and its whole job is preparing a message that describes which queues are gonna be enabled or disabled. that's it. that's the gig. main character energy for real 👑

it does the prep, and the "chunked" part of the name is right there in the NAME section: send VC message consisting of chunks — chunks, bestie, not one big blob. iykyk 🧚

🌈 RETURN 🌈

it returns the total size of the prepared message. yes, the total size. of the prepared message. write it down 📝

💖 SEE ALSO 💖

so there's a whole kernel file involved, and it's this one right here:

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

and then. okay. deep breath. the friend group is LARGE and every single one of them is invited to the function:

like I said. huge friend group. every one of them tagged, every one of them real 💀💖

and that's the whole page, bestie — nothing hidden, nothing skipped, we ate and left no crumbs 🍓

mwah 💋 this one came from ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf, dated October 2026, and it's out here answering to the name idpf_send_chunked_msg(9) forever and ever, periodt ✨🎀🦋

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