ixgbe_sw_init(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 ixgbe_sw_init(9) — Kernel API Manual 🎀

okay so this is one of those kernel API pages, bestie — it's from the Kernel API Manual, and the star of the show is ixgbe_sw_init. She sets up the software side of an Intel ixgbe adapter, and honestly? it's giving "first day of school for a struct." ✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

ixgbe_sw_init — initialize the general software structures (the struct ixgbe_adapter, iykyk) 💖

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

int ixgbe_sw_init (struct ixgbe_adapter *adapter , const struct
       ixgbe_info *ii );

🫶 ARGUMENTS 🫶

  • adapter — the board's private structure, like the one you're about to initialize. this is her moment 🎀
  • ii — pointer to the ixgbe_info for this device. she's literally the device's little info card 💅

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so ixgbe_sw_init initializes the Adapter private data structure. that's the whole vibe. 🌈

the fields get initialized based on PCI device information and OS network device settings (the MTU size, specifically) — so it's not pulling stuff out of thin air, it's reading the actual device and the actual network settings. no cap. ⭐

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

the kernel file lives at ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c — that's the mothership 🏠 and here's the entire friend group, in order, every single one of them:

and that's the whole thing!! mwah 💋 this page came from the source/version tag ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i... and it's dated October 2026, brought to you under the ixgbe_sw_init(9) name — so go forth, initialize that private structure, and slay 💅✨🦋

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