qed_spq_alloc(9)

💅 qed_spq_alloc — kernel API manual, bestie edition

okay so we're looking at qed_spq_alloc(9) from the Kernel API Manual and honestly it's a short one but she's important 🎀

✨ NAME ✨

qed_spq_alloc — alloocates & initializes the SPQ and EQ. yes the original really does spell it "Alloocates" with three o's, and no I will not be fixing it, it's iconic and we respect the typo 🫶

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

int qed_spq_alloc (struct qed_hwfn *p_hwfn );

✨ ARGUMENTS ✨

• p_hwfn — the HW device data. that's it, that's the whole argument list, she's low maintenance 💅

✨ RETURN ✨

Int. literally just int, no further lore given, we move 🦋

✨ SEE ALSO ✨

bestie there is so much SEE ALSO here, it's giving main character with a whole entourage 👑

the kernel file lives at ./drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qed/qed_sp.h and then the extended friend group:

• qed_eth_cqe_completion(9)
• qed_spq_post(9)
• qed_spq_setup(9)
• qed_spq_free(9)
• qed_spq_get_entry(9)
• qed_spq_return_entry(9)
• qed_eq_alloc(9)
• qed_eq_setup(9)
• qed_eq_free(9)
• qed_eq_prod_update(9)
• qed_eq_completion(9)
• qed_spq_completion(9)
• qed_spq_get_cid(9)
• qed_consq_alloc(9)
• qed_consq_setup(9)
• qed_consq_free(9)
• qed_sp_destroy_request(9)
• qed_sp_pf_start(9)
• qed_sp_pf_update(9)
• qed_sp_pf_update_stag(9)
• qed_sp_pf_update_ufp(9)
• qed_sp_heartbeat_ramrod(9)

like genuinely go read those too, they're all right there in ./drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qed 🌈

that's the page!! no cap, that's all she wrote 💖 this came out of the qlogic qed driver docs, source ./drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qed, dated October 2026, and yeah the page is literally named qed_spq_alloc(9) — slay, go allocate something 🎀✨