idpf_send_get_caps_msg(9)

🌸 idpf_send_get_caps_msg(9) 🌸

Okay bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual page for idpf_send_get_caps_msg(9) — it’s giving “one tiny kernel function, but make it iconic” ✨.

💖 NAME 💖

idpf_send_get_caps_msg — Send virtchnl get capabilities message

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

int idpf_send_get_caps_msg (struct idpf_adapter *adapter );

🫶 ARGUMENTS 🫶

• adapter — Driver specific private structure

🔥 DESCRIPTION 🔥

Okay so this function sends the virtchl get capabilities message — yes, virtchl, that’s what the DESCRIPTION says, and we are respecting the lore 😭. Return check: 0 on success, negative on failure. Periodt.

👀 SEE ALSO 👀

Kernel file: ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf/idpf_virtchnl.c

The whole friend group, every single one, no skips:

• idpf_vid_to_vport(9)
• idpf_handle_event_link(9)
• idpf_recv_event_msg(9)
• idpf_mb_clean(9)
• idpf_ptp_is_mb_msg(9)
• idpf_prepare_ptp_mb_msg(9)
• idpf_send_mb_msg(9)
• idpf_send_mb_msg_kfree(9)
• idpf_send_vf_reset_msg(9)
• idpf_send_chunked_msg(9)
• idpf_wait_for_marker_event_set(9)
• idpf_wait_for_marker_event(9)
• idpf_send_ver_msg(9)
• idpf_mmio_region_non_static(9)
• idpf_decfg_lan_memory_regions(9)
• idpf_cfg_lan_memory_regions(9)
• idpf_map_remaining_mmio_regs(9)
• idpf_add_del_fsteer_filters(9)
• idpf_vport_alloc_max_qs(9)
• idpf_vport_dealloc_max_qs(9)
• idpf_init_avail_queues(9)
• idpf_vport_init_queue_reg_chunks(9)
• idpf_get_reg_intr_vecs(9)
• idpf_vport_get_q_reg(9)
• __idpf_queue_reg_init(9)
• idpf_queue_reg_init(9)
• idpf_send_create_vport_msg(9)
• idpf_check_supported_desc_ids(9)
• idpf_send_destroy_vport_msg(9)
• idpf_send_enable_vport_msg(9)
• idpf_send_disable_vport_msg(9)
• idpf_fill_txq_config_chunk(9)
• idpf_fill_complq_config_chunk(9)
• idpf_prepare_cfg_txqs_msg(9)
• idpf_send_config_tx_queue_set_msg(9)
• idpf_send_config_tx_queues_msg(9)
• idpf_fill_rxq_config_chunk(9)
• idpf_fill_bufq_config_chunk(9)
• idpf_prepare_cfg_rxqs_msg(9)
• idpf_send_config_rx_queue_set_msg(9)
• idpf_send_config_rx_queues_msg(9)
• idpf_prepare_ena_dis_qs_msg(9)
• idpf_send_ena_dis_queue_set_msg(9)
• idpf_send_ena_dis_queues_msg(9)
• idpf_prep_map_unmap_queue_set_vector_msg(9)
• idpf_send_map_unmap_queue_set_vector_msg(9)
• idpf_send_map_unmap_queue_vector_msg(9)
• idpf_send_enable_queue_set_msg(9)
• idpf_send_disable_queue_set_msg(9)
• idpf_send_config_queue_set_msg(9)
• idpf_send_enable_queues_msg(9)
• idpf_send_disable_queues_msg(9)
• idpf_convert_reg_to_queue_chunks(9)
• idpf_send_delete_queues_msg(9)
• idpf_send_config_queues_msg(9)
• idpf_send_add_queues_msg(9)
• idpf_send_alloc_vectors_msg(9)
• idpf_send_dealloc_vectors_msg(9)
• idpf_get_max_vfs(9)
• idpf_send_set_sriov_vfs_msg(9)
• idpf_send_get_stats_msg(9)
• idpf_send_set_rss_lut_msg(9)
• idpf_send_set_rss_key_msg(9)
• idpf_fill_ptype_lookup(9)
• idpf_parse_protocol_ids(9)
• idpf_send_get_rx_ptype_msg(9)
• idpf_rel_rx_pt_lkup(9)
• idpf_send_ena_dis_loopback_msg(9)
• idpf_init_dflt_mbx(9)
• idpf_deinit_dflt_mbx(9)
• idpf_vport_params_buf_rel(9)
• idpf_vport_params_buf_alloc(9)
• idpf_vc_core_init(9)
• idpf_vc_core_deinit(9)
• idpf_vport_alloc_vec_indexes(9)
• idpf_vport_init(9)
• idpf_get_vec_ids(9)
• idpf_vport_get_queue_ids(9)
• __idpf_vport_queue_ids_init(9)
• idpf_vport_queue_ids_init(9)
• idpf_vport_adjust_qs(9)
• idpf_is_capability_ena(9)
• idpf_vport_is_cap_ena(9)
• idpf_sideband_flow_type_ena(9)
• idpf_sideband_action_ena(9)
• idpf_get_vport_id(9)
• idpf_mac_filter_async_handler(9)
• idpf_add_del_mac_filters(9)
• idpf_promiscuous_async_handler(9)
• idpf_set_promiscuous(9)
• idpf_idc_rdma_vc_send_sync(9)

xoxo, your kernel bestie 💖 — source/version: ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf · date: October 2026 · and yeah, this was idpf_send_get_caps_msg(9) the whole time 💅