ixgbevf_neg..._features_vf(9)

Welcome to the ixgbevf_neg..._features_vf(9) page from the Kernel API Manual 💖 — okay so bestie, this is your go-to page for the function that negotiates supported features with the PF driver ✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

okay so ixgbevf_negotiate_features_vf is literally the function that negotiates supported features with the PF driver 🫶 — the way that this is the whole main-character premise is iconic, no cap.

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

here's the exact signature, untouched and slaying in its original form 💅:

int ixgbevf_negotiate_features_vf (struct ixgbe_hw *hw , u32
       *pf_features );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• hw — pointer to the HW structure 🧚
• pf_features — bitmask of features supported by PF 💅

💖 RETURN 💖

Returns IXGBE_ERR_MBX in the case of a mailbox error, -EOPNOTSUPP if the op is not supported, or 0 on success. That's the whole return vibe check, bestie — no mystery values hiding in the group chat 😭.

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

Kernel file ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/vf.c — go look, it's giving source-of-truth energy 📖✨

and these icons too, fr fr:

• ixgbevf_start_hw_vf(9)
• ixgbevf_init_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_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)

mwah 💋 — this cutie's source/version footer is ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i..., it's dated October 2026, and the page id is ixgbevf_neg..._features_vf(9) 🎀 byeee!