octep_vf_device_setup_cn93(9)

💅 octep_vf_device_setup_cn93 — like, the whole vibe

okay bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual (section 9, yes ma'am), and let me tell you about this little function that's out here doing main character energy in the Octeon driver world. It's called octep_vf_device_setup_cn93 and it's literally the setup glows-up for your Octeon device. no cap. 🦋

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✨ NAME ✨

octep_vf_device_setup_cn93 — setup the Octeon device. that's it, that's the whole job, and it eats. 💅

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🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

void octep_vf_device_setup_cn93 (struct octep_vf_device *oct );

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🌸 ARGUMENTS 🌸

• oct — the Octeon device's private data structure. like, the device's whole personality in one struct. she's a struct octep_vf_device * and she's iconic for it. 🫶

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⭐ DESCRIPTION ⭐

so here's what she actually does when you call her, in order, no skipping:

• initialize hardware operations. yes, the hardware stuff gets set up here — she's getting the ops ready to go. 🔥
• get the target side pcie port number for the device. literally grabbing that target-side PCIe port number so the device knows which one is hers. iykyk. 🧚
• set the initial configuration and max limits. baby's first config! plus the max limits, so nothing gets tooooo out of hand. boundaries are healthy, bestie. 💖

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

the kernel file where all of this lives, go read it fr fr:

./drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeon_ep_vf/octep_vf_cn9k.c

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bestie reminder: this page is from the Kernel API Manual, and the source is the kernel tree at ./drivers/net/ethernet/marvell... — that's your breadcrumb trail if you ever need to go look at the real thing. 🌈

and that's the whole page, mwah 💋 — signed off with love from October 2026, in section 9, from ./drivers/net/ethernet/marvell... 🍓✨