ixgbevf_sw_init(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💖 ixgbevf_sw_init(9) — the Kernel API Manual glow-up 💖

okay bestie, so this is a page from the Kernel API Manual, section 9, all about ixgbevf_sw_init. yes it's a kernel function. yes it's iconic. let's get into it 🫶

✨ NAME ✨

ixgbevf_sw_init — the one that initializes general software structures, no cap 💅

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

int ixgbevf_sw_init (struct ixgbevf_adapter *adapter );

like, it returns an int, and it takes exactly one thing. simple. clean. main character energy 🔥

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

  • adapter — the board private structure you're initializing. that's it, that's the whole vibe. it's the thing getting set up 🦋

💜 DESCRIPTION 💜

so ixgbevf_sw_init initializes the Adapter private data structure. literally its whole job ✨

and how do the fields get filled in? okay so, they're initialized based on PCI device information and OS network device settings — and yes, that includes the MTU size, bestie, the MTU is part of the lore 🧚

that's genuinely all this function does. no drama, no surprises, just a very well-adjusted initialization routine. we love a low-maintenance icon 👑

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

first up, the source of truth itself:

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

and now the extended friend group 😭 (yes, all of them, i'm not skipping a single one, i would never):

and that's the whole page, bestie. go initialize something responsibly 💜

this came from ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i... and it's dated October 2026 — so yeah, mark your calendar and stan a kernel driver 🎀✨💖
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