ixgbe_parse_vf_dev_caps(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 ixgbe_parse_vf_dev_caps(9) — from the Kernel API Manual, bestie

okay so bestie, buckle up, because we're about to read a kernel function together and honestly? it's giving "small function, big friend group." this is ixgbe_parse_vf_dev_caps(9), straight out of the Kernel API Manual, and she's here to do exactly one (1) job and do it correctly. 🎀

✨ NAME ✨

ixgbe_parse_vf_dev_caps — literally just here to parse LIBIE_AQC_CAPS_VF device caps. that's it. that's the whole assignment. no cap. 💅

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

void ixgbe_parse_vf_dev_caps (struct ixgbe_hw *hw , struct
ixgbe_hw_dev_caps *dev_p , struct libie_aqc_list_caps_elem *cap );

like, look at her. void return, three params, clean silhouette. main character energy fr fr. ✨

🌸 ARGUMENTS 🌸

three besties walk into a function:

  • hw — pointer to the HW struct. yes queen, the hardware struct, she's going in.
  • dev_p — pointer to device capabilities structure. this is where the caps live. 🫶
  • cap — capability element to parse. the actual little guy being read. 💖

💜 DESCRIPTION 💜

parse LIBIE_AQC_CAPS_VF for device capabilities.

that's the whole description, bestie — she's not long-winded, she's focused. it's an iykyk situation. 🌈

real talk: the original manpage says exactly this and nothing more, so I'm not gonna invent lore about her. she parses LIBIE_AQC_CAPS_VF for device capabilities. periodt. 👑

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

okay so this is the part where she reveals she knows everyone. the entire friend group. all of them. every single one. get comfy. 🍓

like… 97 entries. she said "I have friends in every subsystem" and she meant it. ate. 👑

and that's the page, bestie — sourced from ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i... (yes the path is truncated, that's how she came, don't come for her) and dated October 2026, still calling herself ixgbe_parse_vf_dev_caps(9) at the bottom like the icon she is. 🧚‍♀️💜 bye ily, go parse some caps 🦋

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