xe_sriov_pf..._prepare_flr(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 xe_sriov_pf..._prepare_flr(9) — a Kernel API Manual moment ✨

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual entry for xe_sriov_pf..._prepare_flr(9) — yes the title is a whole mood with those three dots, it's giving "we abbreviated the vibe" but we move 🎀

✨ NAME ✨

xe_sriov_pf_control_prepare_flr — this one's whole job is to slide into the PF's notifications and be like "hey babe, the VF FLR prepare has started" 📣 lowkey the messenger of the kernel fr fr

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

int xe_sriov_pf_control_prepare_flr (struct xe_device *xe , unsigned int vfid );

that's the whole signature, no cap — returns an int, takes your struct xe_device *xe and an unsigned int vfid 💖

🌸 ARGUMENTS 🌸

  • xe — the xe_device bestie, the whole device struct we're working with 💫
  • vfid — the VF identifier, aka which VF we're talking about, gotta know who's who 🫶

👑 DESCRIPTION 👑

so this function is for PF only 💅 like, exclusively PF. not VF. not your cousin. PF. periodt. it's the "notify PF that VF FLR prepare has started" girlie and she takes that role very seriously ✨

⭐ RETURN ⭐

  • 0 on success 🎉 slay
  • a negative error code on failure 😭 and yes negative, keep that in mind, that's the vibe check result you don't want

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

you know we gotta shout out the whole friend group, iykyk:

Kernel file: ./drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_sriov_pf_control.c 📁

it's giving "linked list of besties" and honestly? obsessed 🧚

reminder bestie: PF. only. that's the whole caveat, don't make it weird 💀

and that's the page!! 🎀 sign-off time: this cutie lives over in ./drivers/gpu/drm/xe, dated October 2026, and yeah the section is literally xe_sriov_pf..._prepare_flr(9) again because manpages love a little echo 💜 bye bestie, go notify that PF 🦋

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