igbvf_sw_init(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💖 igbvf_sw_init(9) — or, "get you a function that initializes everything" 💖

Okay bestie, so this one's from the Kernel API Manual, and it's literally the glow-up moment for the struct igbvf_adapter — we're talking the Intel igbvf network driver's very own private-data-structure makeover montage. Sit down, grab a strawberry drink 🍓, and let's get into it.

✨ NAME ✨

igbvf_sw_init — initializes the general software structures (the struct igbvf_adapter, if we're being specific 👑)

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

int igbvf_sw_init (struct igbvf_adapter *adapter );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

  • adapter — the board private structure that's about to get initialized. This is the main character, we're doing its skincare routine. 💅

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

So igbvf_sw_init initializes the Adapter private data structure. That's the whole vibe.

The fields inside get set up based on PCI device information and OS network device settings — and yes, that includes the MTU size, in case you were wondering where your MTU lives. iykyk 😌

No cap, that's the entire job. It's giving "quietly essential, never asks for credit." 🫶

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

Okay this list is long long, but every single one of these siblings deserves their shoutout, so here we go — no skipping, periodt:

  • Kernel file ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igbvf/netdev.c

And the full fam:

Go read them. All of them. That's the assignment bestie, and you're gonna slay it 💀💖

And that's the page!! Footer tea before you go: this lil number comes from the source ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i... and it's dated October 2026. Manual name's igbvf_sw_init(9), section 9, Kernel API Manual, obviously. Byeeee 🧚✨🎀

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