ixgbevf_init_hw_vf(9)

💅 ixgbevf_init_hw_vf(9) — like, the Kernel API Manual page you actually wanna read 🎀

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual entry for ixgbevf_init_hw_vf ✨ this is the virtual function hardware initialization situation, and honestly? it's giving "small function, big energy" 💖

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✨ NAME ✨

ixgbevf_init_hw_vf — virtual function hardware initialization 🦋

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

s32 ixgbevf_init_hw_vf (struct ixgbe_hw *hw );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• hw — pointer to hardware structure 🫶 that's it. that's the whole argument list. she's lowkey minimal.

💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

okay so what does she do? she initializes the hardware — first by resetting the hardware, and then by starting the hardware. reset then start. in that order. no cap 🔥

it's literally a two-step main character routine and she ate 💀

ngl, if you came here looking for forty options and a pile of flags — wrong page, bestie. this one's short and iconic. periodt 👑

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

the kernel file lives at:

./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/vf.c

and here's the whole bestie squad, every single one of them, no skips 💜:

• ixgbevf_start_hw_vf(9)
• ixgbevf_reset_hw_vf(9)
• ixgbevf_hv_reset_hw_vf(9)
• ixgbevf_stop_hw_vf(9)
• ixgbevf_mta_vector(9)
• ixgbevf_get_mac_addr_vf(9)
• ixgbevf_get_reta_locked(9)
• ixgbevf_get_rss_key_locked(9)
• ixgbevf_set_rar_vf(9)
• ixgbevf_hv_set_rar_vf(9)
• ixgbevf_update_mc_addr_list_vf(9)
• ixgbevf_hv_update_mc_addr_list_vf(9)
• ixgbevf_update_xcast_mode(9)
• ixgbevf_hv_update_xcast_mode(9)
• ixgbevf_get_link_state_vf(9)
• ixgbevf_hv_get_link_state_vf(9)
• ixgbevf_get_pf_link_state(9)
• ixgbevf_negotiate_features_vf(9)
• ixgbevf_set_vfta_vf(9)
• ixgbe_read_vflinks(9)
• ixgbevf_hv_set_vfta_vf(9)
• ixgbevf_setup_mac_link_vf(9)
• ixgbevf_check_mac_link_vf(9)
• ixgbevf_hv_check_mac_link_vf(9)
• ixgbevf_set_rlpml_vf(9)
• ixgbevf_hv_set_rlpml_vf(9)
• ixgbevf_negotiate_api_version_vf(9)
• ixgbevf_hv_negotiate_api_version_vf(9)

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and that's the page!! source path is <code>./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i...</code> and the date is October 2026 — mwah 💋 go forth and reset-then-start, you got this 🧚‍♀️💖