ixgbevf_configure_msix(9)

💖 ixgbevf_configure_msix — configure MSI-X hardware 💖

okay so this is a page straight out of the Kernel API Manual, and bestie, it's a tiny one but it matters. sit down, hydrate, let's go 🫶

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✨ NAME ✨

ixgbevf_configure_msix — literally just: configure MSI-X hardware 💅

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

void ixgbevf_configure_msix (struct ixgbevf_adapter *adapter );

✨ ARGUMENTS ✨

• adapter — the board private structure 🎀 that's it, that's the whole argument. one (1) pointer, main character energy.

✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

so what does it do? ixgbevf_configure_msix sets up the hardware so it can properly generate MSI-X interrupts. that's the vibe. hardware goes in, interrupts come out, everybody slays 🔥

it's giving "plumbing but make it glam" — no return value, no drama, it just does the thing and dips 🙈

✨ SEE ALSO ✨

the whole ixgbevf squad shows up here, no cap. first up, the kernel file it lives in:

• Kernel file ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/ixgbevf_main.c

and then, in order, the entire friend group 👑:

• ixgbevf_set_ivar(9)
• ixgbevf_tx_timeout(9)
• ixgbevf_clean_tx_irq(9)
• ixgbevf_rx_skb(9)
• ixgbevf_rx_checksum(9)
• ixgbevf_process_skb_fields(9)
• ixgbevf_is_non_eop(9)
• ixgbevf_alloc_rx_buffers(9)
• ixgbevf_cleanup_headers(9)
• ixgbevf_reuse_rx_page(9)
• ixgbevf_add_rx_frag(9)
• ixgbevf_poll(9)
• ixgbevf_write_eitr(9)
• ixgbevf_update_itr(9)
• ixgbevf_msix_clean_rings(9)
• ixgbevf_request_msix_irqs(9)
• ixgbevf_request_irq(9)
• ixgbevf_irq_disable(9)
• ixgbevf_irq_enable(9)
• ixgbevf_configure_tx_ring(9)
• ixgbevf_configure_tx(9)
• ixgbevf_init_rss_key(9)
• ixgbevf_configure_rx(9)
• ixgbevf_set_rx_mode(9)
• ixgbevf_set_features(9)
• ixgbevf_clean_rx_ring(9)
• ixgbevf_clean_tx_ring(9)
• ixgbevf_clean_all_rx_rings(9)
• ixgbevf_clean_all_tx_rings(9)
• ixgbevf_set_num_queues(9)
• ixgbevf_set_interrupt_capability(9)
• ixgbevf_alloc_q_vector(9)
• ixgbevf_free_q_vector(9)
• ixgbevf_alloc_q_vectors(9)
• ixgbevf_free_q_vectors(9)
• ixgbevf_reset_interrupt_capability(9)
• ixgbevf_init_interrupt_scheme(9)
• ixgbevf_clear_interrupt_scheme(9)
• ixgbevf_sw_init(9)
• ixgbevf_update_stats(9)
• ixgbevf_service_timer(9)
• ixgbevf_check_hang_subtask(9)
• ixgbevf_watchdog_update_link(9)
• ixgbevf_watchdog_link_is_up(9)
• ixgbevf_watchdog_link_is_down(9)
• ixgbevf_watchdog_subtask(9)
• ixgbevf_service_task(9)
• ixgbevf_free_tx_resources(9)
• ixgbevf_free_all_tx_resources(9)
• ixgbevf_setup_tx_resources(9)
• ixgbevf_setup_all_tx_resources(9)
• ixgbevf_setup_rx_resources(9)
• ixgbevf_setup_all_rx_resources(9)
• ixgbevf_free_rx_resources(9)
• ixgbevf_free_all_rx_resources(9)
• ixgbevf_open(9)
• ixgbevf_close_suspend(9)
• ixgbevf_close(9)
• ixgbevf_set_mac(9)
• ixgbevf_change_mtu(9)
• ixgbevf_probe(9)
• ixgbevf_remove(9)
• ixgbevf_io_error_detected(9)
• ixgbevf_io_slot_reset(9)
• ixgbevf_io_resume(9)
• ixgbevf_init_module(9)
• ixgbevf_exit_module(9)
• ixgbevf_get_hw_dev_name(9)

like, that's a lot of siblings, but every single one of them ate 💀✨

bestie note: this page has zero options, zero exit statuses, zero environment variables, and zero warnings — it's a one-function wonder, so don't go looking for more. that's the whole page, fr fr 🍓

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and that's the page!! footer check: the source/version line reads ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i... (yes it's cut off, the full path is chilling up in SEE ALSO 🌸), dated October 2026, and the manual is ixgbevf_configure_msix(9). bye bestie, go configure some MSI-X hardware 💜🧚‍♀️