intel_gvt_init_vgpu_types(9)

💅 intel_gvt_init_vgpu_types(9) — the kernel API manual, but make it make sense

okay so bestie, welcome to the glow-up of intel_gvt_init_vgpu_types, section 9 of the Kernel API Manual. yes you're in the kernel docs, yes it's giving "why am I here", but trust me, this one's short and sweet. pull up a chair 🎀

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✨ NAME ✨

intel_gvt_init_vgpu_types — literally just initializes the vGPU type list. that's the whole job. iconic minimalism 💅

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

int intel_gvt_init_vgpu_types (struct intel_gvt *gvt );

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• gvt — the GVT device, bestie. that's the thing you're handing over. 🫶

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⭐ DESCRIPTION ⭐

so what does it do? it initializes the vGPU type list based on available resource. that's it, that's the vibe — it looks at what resources you've got and builds the list of vGPU types from that. resource check first, list second, no cap. ✨

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

like, go read the source if you want the real tea:

• Kernel file ./drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gvt/vgpu.c

and the whole friend group of related calls:

• intel_gvt_activate_vgpu(9)
• intel_gvt_deactivate_vgpu(9)
• intel_gvt_release_vgpu(9)
• intel_gvt_destroy_vgpu(9)
• intel_gvt_create_idle_vgpu(9)
• intel_gvt_destroy_idle_vgpu(9)
• intel_gvt_reset_vgpu_locked(9)
• intel_gvt_reset_vgpu(9)

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ngl the vGPU lifecycle is a whole storyline — activate, deactivate, release, destroy… the drama never ends 😭 but you got this.

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okay that's the page!! mwah 💖 this little number lives at ./drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gvt, it's stamped October 2026, and the whole thing answers to the name intel_gvt_init_vgpu_types(9). slay, go init some types. 🌈🎀