ixgbevf_request_msix_irqs(9)

💖 ixgbevf_request_msix_irqs(9) 💖

okay bestie, so this is ixgbevf_request_msix_irqs from the Kernel API Manual, and honestly? she's doing a lot in like three lines of prose. let's get into it 🫶

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✨ NAME ✨

ixgbevf_request_msix_irqs — literally just: initialize MSI-X interrupts. that's the whole vibe. 💅

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

int ixgbevf_request_msix_irqs (struct ixgbevf_adapter *adapter );

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• adapter — the board private structure. yeah, that's the whole description the manpage gives us, she's a woman of few words and i respect it. it's the board private structure, periodt. 👑

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so what does she actually do? ixgbevf_request_msix_irqs allocates MSI-X vectors and requests interrupts from the kernel. that's it, that's the flex. no cap, that's the entire documented behaviour — vectors get allocated, irqs get requested, the kernel gets asked politely, and everybody slays. ✨🔥

lowkey iconic that a function with this much responsibility gets a two-sentence description and just trusts you to keep up. main character energy fr fr. 💀

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

bestie i'm not gonna lie to you, this list is LONG. like, "not me scrolling for ten minutes" long. but every single one of these is getting her moment, so buckle in 💖

the actual source file, first of all:

• Kernel file ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/ixgbevf_main.c — go read it, iykyk 👀

and now the whole 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_configure_msix(9)
• ixgbevf_update_itr(9)
• ixgbevf_msix_clean_rings(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 i said. LONG. but we got through it together, and that's what matters 🫶💜

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and that's the page, bestie! 🎀 one last lil sign-off: this cutie came out of ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i... (the footer truncates it, not me, blame the manpage 💀), dated October 2026, and it's filed under ixgbevf_request_msix_irqs(9). go forth and request those interrupts, you absolute icon 💅⭐🌸