idpf_set_ethtool_ops(9)

💅 idpf_set_ethtool_ops(9) — the Kernel API Manual glow-up

okay so you found the idpf_set_ethtool_ops page in the Kernel API Manual, bestie, and honestly? it's a short one, but it's lowkey iconic. it's giving "small function, big main character energy" ✨ let's get into it.

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🌸 NAME 🌸

idpf_set_ethtool_ops — the girl whose whole job is initializing the ethtool ops struct. that's it, that's the job. 💅

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🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

void idpf_set_ethtool_ops (struct net_device *netdev );

literally one call, no cap. void return, one argument, done. 🫶

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• netdev — the network interface device structure. yes, that netdev. she's the one getting the ops struct installed into her. 👑

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✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

so what does this actually do? it sets the ethtool ops struct in our netdev so that ethtool can call our functions. that's the whole vibe.

like, think of it as handing ethtool the aux cord 🎧 — once the ops struct is in place, ethtool knows which of our functions to hit up when it wants to do ethtool things. before that? nothing. after that? everything. it's giving connection, it's giving setup, it's giving let me introduce you to my people. 🔥

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💜 SEE ALSO 💜

okay this section is the actual moment, there are SO many siblings and they all deserve their shoutout, so let's go:

• the kernel file itself: ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf/idpf_ethtool.c — go read her, she's the source of truth 📖
• idpf_get_rx_ring_count(9), idpf_get_rxnfc(9), idpf_add_flow_steer(9), idpf_del_flow_steer(9)
• idpf_get_rxfh_key_size(9), idpf_get_rxfh_indir_size(9), idpf_get_rxfh(9), idpf_set_rxfh(9)
• idpf_get_channels(9), idpf_set_channels(9), idpf_get_ringparam(9), idpf_set_ringparam(9)
• struct idpf_stats(9), __idpf_add_qstat_strings(9), idpf_add_qstat_strings(9)
• idpf_add_stat_strings(9), idpf_get_stat_strings(9), idpf_get_strings(9), idpf_get_sset_count(9)
• idpf_add_one_ethtool_stat(9), idpf_add_queue_stats(9), idpf_add_empty_queue_stats(9), idpf_add_port_stats(9), idpf_collect_queue_stats(9), idpf_get_ethtool_stats(9)
• idpf_find_rxq_vec(9), idpf_find_txq_vec(9)
• __idpf_get_q_coalesce(9), idpf_get_q_coalesce(9), idpf_get_coalesce(9), idpf_get_per_q_coalesce(9)
• __idpf_set_q_coalesce(9), idpf_set_q_coalesce(9), idpf_set_coalesce(9), idpf_set_per_q_coalesce(9)
• idpf_get_msglevel(9), idpf_set_msglevel(9), idpf_get_link_ksettings(9)
• idpf_get_timestamp_filters(9), idpf_get_ts_info(9), idpf_get_ts_stats(9)

like I said. a whole friend group. all of them linked, all of them accounted for, all of them slaying in their own lane. 🌈

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ngl the whole thing lives under ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf, and this page is dated October 2026, from the Kernel API Manual. write it down, screenshot it, put it in the group chat. 📸💖

and that's the page, bestie — short, sweet, fully documented, no details left behind. periodt. 👑🎀