qed_vf_pf_vport_start(9)

💖 qed_vf_pf_vport_start — NAME ✨

okay so bestie, this is qed_vf_pf_vport_start(9) from the Kernel API Manual, and it's literally the function that performs vport start for a VF. that's the whole vibe. vport. start. VF. slay 💅

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🌸

int qed_vf_pf_vport_start (struct qed_hwfn *p_hwfn , u8 vport_id , u16
mtu , u8 inner_vlan_removal , enum qed_tpa_mode tpa_mode , u8
max_buffers_per_cqe , u8 only_untagged );

like yes, that's a lot of parameters, but we're gonna get through them together, no cap 🫶

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• p_hwfn — the HW device data. it's giving "the whole device's main character energy" 👑
• vport_id — the Vport ID. that's it, that's the ID 💜
• mtu — the MTU. iconic networking abbreviation, you know her 🌈
• inner_vlan_removal — inner VLAN removal. (the original page spells it "Innter" and honestly? we love a typo era 🙈 but it means inner VLAN removal fr fr)
• tpa_mode — TPA mode. short, sweet, and typed as enum qed_tpa_mode in the signature above ⭐
• max_buffers_per_cqe — max buffer pre CQE. exactly what it says, nothing extra 🍓
• only_untagged — the default behavior regarding vlan acceptance. lowkey important, highkey just a u8 💀

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🔥 RETURN 🔥

enum _qed_status

that's the return type, bestie. we're not out here guessing, we're out here quoting ✨

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🌸 SEE ALSO 🌸

first up, the kernel file itself, no skipping:

Kernel file ./drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qed/qed_vf.h

and then the whole friend group, every single one, because we do not leave anyone on read 💖

• qed_vf_pf_set_coalesce(9), qed_vf_pf_get_coalesce(9), qed_vf_read_bulletin(9), qed_vf_get_link_params(9), qed_vf_get_link_state(9), qed_vf_get_link_caps(9), qed_vf_get_num_rxqs(9), qed_vf_get_num_txqs(9), qed_vf_get_num_cids(9), qed_vf_get_port_mac(9), qed_vf_get_num_vlan_filters(9), qed_vf_get_num_mac_filters(9), qed_vf_check_mac(9), qed_vf_get_fw_version(9), qed_vf_hw_prepare(9), qed_vf_pf_rxq_start(9), qed_vf_pf_txq_start(9), qed_vf_pf_rxq_stop(9), qed_vf_pf_txq_stop(9), qed_vf_pf_vport_update(9), qed_vf_pf_reset(9), qed_vf_pf_release(9), qed_vf_get_igu_sb_id(9), qed_vf_set_sb_info(9), qed_vf_pf_vport_stop(9), qed_vf_pf_int_cleanup(9), __qed_vf_get_link_params(9), __qed_vf_get_link_state(9), __qed_vf_get_link_caps(9), qed_vf_pf_bulletin_update_mac(9)

all of them. every single reference. periodt 🧚

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a tiny vibe check: this page lives under ./drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qed, dated October 2026, and it's written for the Kernel API Manual. iykyk 🦋

and that's the whole page bestie — go forth and start that vport 💜✨🎀