idpf_vport_params_buf_alloc(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 idpf_vport_params_buf_alloc (9) — Kernel API Manual 🎀

Okay bestie, gather round, because today we're looking at a kernel function from the Intel idpf driver and honestly? It's giving "small but crucial." ✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

idpf_vport_params_buf_alloc — literally just allocating memory for MailBox resources. That's it. That's the whole vibe. 💖

⭐ SYNOPSIS ⭐

int idpf_vport_params_buf_alloc (struct idpf_adapter *adapter );

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

  • adapter — the driver-specific private data structure 🫶. Think of it as the main character's little bag of holding: everything the driver needs to know about itself lives in there.

💜 DESCRIPTION 💜

So what does it do-do? It will alloc memory to hold the vport parameters received on MailBox 📬. That's the whole assignment. The vport parameters come rolling in over the MailBox, and somebody's gotta have a spot ready for them to land — that somebody is this function. No cap. 👑

Heads up: this is the alloc half of a pair. There's a rel (release) buddy down in SEE ALSO, and yes, you should absolutely go meet them. 🙈

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

Bestie, buckle up — the friend group here is huge and every single one of them is iconic in their own way. 💀

Like I said: huge friend group. All of them ate. 🔥

🧚 Sign-off 🧚

That's the whole page, bestie — brought to you from ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf 💖, dated October 2026 🗓️, and existing purely so the kernel's documentation stays cute and complete. Slay xièxie, go read the release function next 💅✨🌷

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