ixgbevf_stop_hw_vf(9)

💅 ixgbevf_stop_hw_vf — like, the Kernel API Manual edition 🎀

okay so bestie, welcome to the girlies' guide to ixgbevf_stop_hw_vf(9), straight out of the Kernel API Manual itself. pull up a chair, grab a strawberry 🍓, we're putting this NIC to bed.

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✨ NAME ✨

ixgbevf_stop_hw_vf — the generic stop-Tx/Rx-units slay 💤

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

s32 ixgbevf_stop_hw_vf (struct ixgbe_hw *hw );

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• hw — pointer to the hardware structure. yeah, that one. the whole hardware vibe lives in there 🫶

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💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

so what does she actually do? okay so, she sets the adapter_stopped flag inside the ixgbe_hw struct. iconic. then she clears interrupts, and disables the transmit and receive units. like, full shutdown energy, no cap.

and why do we care about that adapter_stopped flag? because the shared code and the drivers both look at it to figure out whether the adapter is in a stopped state — and if it is, they know they should not touch the hardware. periodt. hands off the hardware, she's resting 💅

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🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

the whole friend group, fr fr:

• Kernel file ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/vf.c
• ixgbevf_start_hw_vf(9)
• ixgbevf_init_hw_vf(9)
• ixgbevf_reset_hw_vf(9)
• ixgbevf_hv_reset_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 whole page, bestie 🌈 she's sourced from ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i... and dated October 2026, and this little entry is filed under ixgbevf_stop_hw_vf(9) — mwah, go stop some hardware responsibly 💋✨