ixgbe_get_vf_idx(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💖 ixgbe_get_vf_idx(9) 💖

okay so welcome to the Kernel API Manual, bestie — today's main character is ixgbe_get_vf_idx(9) and honestly? she's a tiny little helper with a very specific job and we're gonna stan her properly. let's get into it ✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

ixgbe_get_vf_idx — provide VF index number based on queue index

like, you hand her a queue, she hands you back which VF it belongs to. matchmaker energy fr fr 🫶

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

int ixgbe_get_vf_idx (struct ixgbe_adapter *adapter , u16 queue , u16
*vf );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

  • adapter — pointer to the adapter struct. she needs the whole adapter to do her thing, no cap 💅
  • queue — Tx queue identifier. the thing you're asking about 🌸
  • vf — output VF index. she writes the answer here, so yeah, it's an output 💖

✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

Provide VF index number associated to the input queue.

that's it, that's the whole vibe. you give her a queue, she figures out which VF index goes with it and puts it in vf. lowkey iconic, highkey useful 🌈

🔥 RETURN 🔥

0 if VF provided — or an error number. so like, check the return value, bestie, don't just assume it slayed 😭

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

first up, the kernel file herself:

  • Kernel file ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c

and now the whole extended friend group, absolutely no one left out 🫶:

ngl that's a lot of friends but she knows every single one of them and you should too 💀✨

okay that's the whole page, bestie — go forth and index those VFs 🧚

source path, truncated exactly like the manual shows it: ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i... · dated October 2026 — mwah, love that for us 💅🎀

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