qed_vf_read_bulletin(9)

🌸 qed_vf_read_bulletin — Kernel API Manual energy 🌸

Ok so bestie, listen up 💖 this is the kernel API manual page for qed_vf_read_bulletin, and it's giving "read the VF bulletin and act on it if needed" main character vibes. No cap, this one's lowkey important, so let me break it down for you fr fr.

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✨ NAME ✨

qed_vf_read_bulletin — honestly iconic: it reads the VF bulletin and acts on it if needed 💅

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🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

int qed_vf_read_bulletin (struct qed_hwfn *p_hwfn , u8 *p_change );

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• p_hwfn — the HW device data. It's giving "main character hardware struct energy" ✨
• p_change — ok so qed fills this with 1 iff the bulletin board has changed, and 0 otherwise. Literally just the vibe check for "did anything change bestie?" 👑

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🌈 RETURN 🌈

It returns enum _qed_status. Periodt. That's the whole tea 🫶

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💜 SEE ALSO 💜

ok so here's the whole squad of related manpages and files, no gatekeeping:

• Kernel file ./drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qed/qed_vf.h
• qed_vf_pf_set_coalesce(9), qed_vf_pf_get_coalesce(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_start(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)

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So yeah, that's the tea, bestie ☕ This iconic manual page comes from the kernel API manual, dated October 2026, and it's all about the source in ./drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qed. Catch you in the next vibe check ✌️💖