STRUCT IONIC_VF_CTRL_CMD(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💖 struct ionic_vf_ctrl_cmd 💖

ok so this page is straight out of the Kernel API Manual, bestie — struct ionic_vf_ctrl_cmd(9). it's a tiny little struct with three fields, and then a SEE ALSO list that is genuinely longer than my entire contact list 😭 but we're gonna get through it together, i promise 🫶

✨ NAME ✨

struct ionic_vf_ctrl_cmd — the VF control command. that's it, that's the whole thing. three fields, immaculate vibes, no notes 💅

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

struct ionic_vf_ctrl_cmd {
    u8 opcode;
    u8 ctrl_opcode;
    __le16 vf_index;
};

look at her. she's perfect. not a single wasted byte 🌸

🎀 MEMBERS 🎀

  • opcode — the opcode for the command. this is the "ok so what are we actually doing" field, the main character of the struct fr fr 👑
  • ctrl_opcode — the VF control operation type. like, yes we're doing a control thing, but which control thing? this one knows 💅
  • vf_index — the VF index ✨ tiny important caveat though: it is unused if the op START_ALL is used. so if you're rolling with START_ALL, don't even worry about filling this in, it's giving background character 🙈

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

okay. deep breath. the kernel file for all of this is ./drivers/net/ethernet/pensando/ionic/ionic_if.h, and the family it wants you to meet is, and i quote, all of these:

  • struct ionic_admin_cmd(9)
  • struct ionic_admin_comp(9)
  • struct ionic_nop_cmd(9)
  • struct ionic_nop_comp(9)
  • struct ionic_dev_init_cmd(9)
  • struct ionic_dev_init_comp(9)
  • struct ionic_dev_reset_cmd(9)
  • struct ionic_dev_reset_comp(9)
  • struct ionic_dev_identify_cmd(9)
  • struct ionic_dev_identify_comp(9)
  • union ionic_drv_identity(9)
  • enum ionic_dev_capability(9)
  • union ionic_dev_identity(9)
  • struct ionic_lif_identify_cmd(9)
  • struct ionic_lif_identify_comp(9)
  • enum ionic_lif_capability(9)
  • enum ionic_logical_qtype(9)
  • enum ionic_q_feature(9)
  • enum ionic_rxq_feature(9)
  • enum ionic_txq_feature(9)
  • enum ionic_hwstamp_bits(9)
  • struct ionic_lif_logical_qtype(9)
  • enum ionic_lif_state(9)
  • union ionic_lif_config(9)
  • enum ionic_lif_rdma_cap_stats(9)
  • union ionic_lif_identity(9)
  • struct ionic_lif_init_cmd(9)
  • struct ionic_lif_init_comp(9)
  • struct ionic_q_identify_cmd(9)
  • struct ionic_q_identify_comp(9)
  • union ionic_q_identity(9)
  • struct ionic_q_init_cmd(9)
  • struct ionic_q_init_comp(9)
  • struct ionic_txq_desc(9)
  • struct ionic_txq_sg_elem(9)
  • struct ionic_txq_sg_desc(9)
  • struct ionic_txq_comp(9)
  • struct ionic_rxq_desc(9)
  • struct ionic_rxq_sg_elem(9)
  • struct ionic_rxq_sg_desc(9)
  • struct ionic_rxq_comp(9)
  • enum ionic_pkt_class(9)
  • struct ionic_q_control_cmd(9)
  • enum ionic_phy_type(9)
  • enum ionic_xcvr_state(9)
  • enum ionic_port_type(9)
  • enum ionic_port_admin_state(9)
  • enum ionic_port_oper_status(9)
  • enum ionic_port_fec_type(9)
  • enum ionic_port_pause_type(9)
  • enum ionic_port_loopback_mode(9)
  • struct ionic_xcvr_status(9)
  • union ionic_port_config(9)
  • struct ionic_port_status(9)
  • struct ionic_port_identify_cmd(9)
  • struct ionic_port_identify_comp(9)
  • struct ionic_port_init_cmd(9)
  • struct ionic_port_init_comp(9)
  • struct ionic_port_reset_cmd(9)
  • struct ionic_port_reset_comp(9)
  • enum ionic_stats_ctl_cmd(9)
  • enum ionic_txstamp_mode(9)
  • enum ionic_port_attr(9)
  • struct ionic_port_setattr_cmd(9)
  • struct ionic_port_setattr_comp(9)
  • struct ionic_port_getattr_cmd(9)
  • struct ionic_port_getattr_comp(9)
  • struct ionic_lif_status(9)
  • struct ionic_lif_reset_cmd(9)
  • enum ionic_dev_attr(9)
  • struct ionic_dev_setattr_cmd(9)
  • struct ionic_dev_setattr_comp(9)
  • struct ionic_dev_getattr_cmd(9)
  • struct ionic_dev_getattr_comp(9)
  • enum ionic_lif_attr(9)
  • struct ionic_lif_setattr_cmd(9)
  • struct ionic_lif_setattr_comp(9)
  • struct ionic_lif_getattr_cmd(9)
  • struct ionic_lif_getattr_comp(9)
  • struct ionic_lif_setphc_cmd(9)
  • struct ionic_rx_mode_set_cmd(9)
  • struct ionic_rx_filter_add_cmd(9)
  • struct ionic_rx_filter_add_comp(9)
  • struct ionic_rx_filter_del_cmd(9)
  • enum ionic_vf_link_status(9)
  • struct ionic_vf_setattr_cmd(9)
  • struct ionic_vf_getattr_cmd(9)
  • struct ionic_vf_ctrl_comp(9)
  • struct ionic_discover_cmb_cmd(9)
  • struct ionic_discover_cmb_comp(9)
  • union ionic_cmb_region(9)
  • union ionic_discover_cmb_identity(9)
  • struct ionic_qos_identify_cmd(9)
  • struct ionic_qos_identify_comp(9)
  • enum ionic_qos_class_type(9)
  • enum ionic_qos_sched_type(9)
  • union ionic_qos_config(9)
  • union ionic_qos_identity(9)
  • struct ionic_qos_init_cmd(9)
  • struct ionic_qos_reset_cmd(9)
  • struct ionic_qos_clear_stats_cmd(9)
  • struct ionic_fw_download_cmd(9)
  • enum ionic_fw_control_oper(9)
  • struct ionic_fw_control_cmd(9)
  • struct ionic_fw_control_comp(9)
  • struct ionic_rdma_reset_cmd(9)
  • struct ionic_rdma_queue_cmd(9)
  • struct ionic_notifyq_event(9)
  • struct ionic_link_change_event(9)
  • struct ionic_reset_event(9)
  • struct ionic_heartbeat_event(9)
  • struct ionic_log_event(9)
  • struct ionic_xcvr_event(9)
  • union ionic_port_identity(9)
  • struct ionic_port_info(9)
  • struct ionic_lif_info(9)
  • struct ionic_hwstamp_regs(9)
  • union ionic_dev_info_regs(9)
  • union ionic_dev_cmd_regs(9)
  • union ionic_dev_regs(9)
  • struct ionic_doorbell(9)

see? a whole extended universe. that's the friend group. iykyk 🌀

no cap though — if you're touching this struct you're probably gonna want at least a couple of those open in another tab. the whole ionic family is like that, one thing references forty other things 😭

and that's the page, bestie 🫶 this one's from the kernel source line ./drivers/net/ethernet/pensand... — which is just the footer being dramatic and truncating ./drivers/net/ethernet/pensando/ionic/ionic_if.h — dated October 2026, and the footer says struct ionic_vf_ctrl_cmd(9) one more time just to be extra 💋 slay.

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