rte_arp.h(3)

💖 rte_arp.h — bestie's guide to the ARP header page 💖

okay so this is rte_arp.h(3), straight out of the Library Functions Manual, and it's literally just the header file that holds all the ARP-related defines. it's short, it's sweet, it's giving "one header, two things in it, slay" ✨

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🌸 NAME 🌸

rte_arp.h — that's it, that's the name, no notes 💅

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

the include vibes you need before any of this works:

#include <stdint.h>
#include <rte_ether.h>

🦋 Functions 🦋

the cast of characters, exactly as printed:

struct __rte_aligned (2) __rte_packed_begin rte_arp_ipv4
struct rte_mbuf * rte_net_make_rarp_packet (struct rte_mempool *mpool,
    const struct rte_ether_addr *mac)

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📖 Detailed Description 📖

it's the ARP-related defines. that's the whole vibe check.

Definition in file rte_arp.h.

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🔥 Function Documentation 🔥

🎀 struct __rte_aligned (2 ) 🎀

this one is the ARP header IPv4 payload 💖

it's an ARP header, and here's everything living inside it, each line a little member with its own comment:

• < sender hardware address
• < sender IP address
• < target hardware address
• < target IP address
• < format of hardware address
• < format of protocol address
• < length of hardware address
• < length of protocol address
• < ARP opcode (command)

Definition at line 1 of file rte_arp.h.

🌈 struct rte_mbuf * rte_net_make_rarp_packet (struct rte_mempool * mpool, const struct rte_ether_addr * mac) 🌈

Make a RARP packet based on MAC addr. no cap, that's literally its whole job.

💜 Parameters 💜

• mpool — Pointer to the rte_mempool
• mac — Pointer to the MAC addr

⭐ Returns ⭐

• RARP packet pointer on success, or NULL on error

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👑 Author 👑

Generated automatically by Doxygen for DPDK from the source code.

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and that's the whole page, bestie, we ate 🍓

ngl it's a tiny one — but every single member, param, and return stayed exactly where it belongs, periodt 🔥

kisses, this was DPDK Version 25.11.3, rte_arp.h(3), mwah 💋🦋