igbvf_init_module(9)

💅 igbvf_init_module — like, the Kernel API Manual edition 🎀

okay bestie, buckle up, because this is where the whole igbvf driver saga begins. it's a page from the Kernel API Manual, and honestly? it's a short one. a lil appetizer. but it's the main character of driver loading, so we're gonna give it the respect it deserves. periodt. ✨

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✨ NAME ✨

igbvf_init_module — the Driver Registration Routine, aka the "hi bestie, we're here" of the whole driver 🌸

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

int igbvf_init_module (void );

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• void — no arguments. none. zero. it takes nothing, and it slays exactly like that 💅

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💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

so, igbvf_init_module is the first routine called when the driver is loaded — literally the opening scene, the first one on stage 🫶

and what does this icon do with all that main-character energy? all it does is register with the PCI subsystem. that's it. that's the whole job. no cap. it's giving "showed up, signed the guestbook, left" 😭🔥 lowkey iconic in how unbothered it is.

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

kernel file: ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igbvf/netdev.c 👑

and the whole friend group, in order, no one left out, fr fr:

• igbvf_desc_unused(9)
• igbvf_receive_skb(9)
• igbvf_alloc_rx_buffers(9)
• igbvf_clean_rx_irq(9)
• igbvf_setup_tx_resources(9)
• igbvf_setup_rx_resources(9)
• igbvf_clean_tx_ring(9)
• igbvf_free_tx_resources(9)
• igbvf_clean_rx_ring(9)
• igbvf_free_rx_resources(9)
• igbvf_update_itr(9)
• igbvf_clean_tx_irq(9)
• igbvf_configure_msix(9)
• igbvf_set_interrupt_capability(9)
• igbvf_request_msix(9)
• igbvf_alloc_queues(9)
• igbvf_request_irq(9)
• igbvf_irq_disable(9)
• igbvf_irq_enable(9)
• igbvf_poll(9)
• igbvf_set_rlpml(9)
• igbvf_configure_tx(9)
• igbvf_setup_srrctl(9)
• igbvf_configure_rx(9)
• igbvf_set_multi(9)
• igbvf_set_uni(9)
• igbvf_configure(9)
• igbvf_sw_init(9)
• igbvf_open(9)
• igbvf_close(9)
• igbvf_set_mac(9)
• igbvf_update_stats(9)
• igbvf_watchdog(9)
• igbvf_tx_timeout(9)
• igbvf_change_mtu(9)
• igbvf_io_error_detected(9)
• igbvf_io_slot_reset(9)
• igbvf_io_resume(9)
• igbvf_io_prepare(9)
• igbvf_io_reset_done(9)
• igbvf_probe(9)
• igbvf_remove(9)
• igbvf_exit_module(9) 💜

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ok that's genuinely the whole page 💀 it's short, it's sweet, it registers with PCI and dips. but now you know, and knowing is half the battle, iykyk 🧚

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mwah 💋 signing off — this cutie came from ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i... and it's dated October 2026, and the whole thing lives under igbvf_init_module(9). take care of her 🍓