ixgbe_set_vf_rx_tx(9)

✨ ixgbe_set_vf_rx_tx ✨

okay so bestie, welcome to the ixgbe_set_vf_rx_tx(9) page — that's the function name plus its section number, and yes it lives in the Kernel API Manual which is exactly as iconic as it sounds 💅

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🎀 NAME 🎀

ixgbe_set_vf_rx_tx — literally just: Set VF rx tx. that's the whole vibe. set it, bestie 🦋

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

void ixgbe_set_vf_rx_tx (struct ixgbe_adapter *adapter , int vf );

that's it. no fancy return value, it's void, it just does the thing and leaves. main character energy fr fr 👑

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💖 ARGUMENTS 💖

• adapter — a pointer to the adapter struct. yep, the whole adapter. hand it over, she knows what to do with it 🫶
• vf — the VF identifier. just the number of which virtual function we're talking about, iykyk 🔥

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⭐ DESCRIPTION ⭐

Set or reset correct transmit and receive for vf 💫

like, that's the entire job. transmit ✅ receive ✅ correct ✅ for the VF you pointed at. no cap, that's the function. obsessed with the simplicity honestly 🧚

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🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

Kernel file: ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_sriov.c — go read the source if you wanna see her in her natural habitat 📁

her besties (aka the whole friend group):

• ixgbe_get_vfs(9)
• ixgbe_send_vf_link_status(9)
• ixgbe_negotiate_vf_features(9)
• ixgbe_check_mdd_event(9)
• ixgbe_set_all_vfs(9)
• ixgbe_set_vf_link_state(9)
• ixgbe_ndo_set_vf_link_state(9)

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quick reminder bestie: this is kernel-level stuff, so treat it with the respect it deserves 💀 it's doing real work on real ixgbe hardware, not vibes.

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okay that's the page!! 🌈 sending you off with the receipts: this one comes from ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i... (the path gets cut off in the footer, tragic 😭) and it's dated October 2026, all under the header ixgbe_set_vf_rx_tx(9). slay, go forth and set those VF rx/tx 💜🎀✨