bnx2x_execute_vlan_mac(9)

🌸 bnx2x_execute_vlan_mac(9) — like, the Kernel API Manual page, bestie 💅

okay so picture this: you're deep in the kernel, you're in the bnx2x driver, and somebody needs a ramrod sent. That's the whole job. That's the vibe. Welcome to bnx2x_execute_vlan_mac, straight out of the Kernel API Manual, and yes she's iconic. 🔥

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✨ NAME ✨

bnx2x_execute_vlan_mac — execute vlan mac command 🌈

Like, that's it. That's the function. She executes the vlan mac command. Queen behavior only. 👑

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

int bnx2x_execute_vlan_mac (struct bnx2x *bp , union bnx2x_qable_obj *qo
, struct list_head *exe_chunk , unsigned long *ramrod_flags );

not me copying the signature exactly because we do NOT fumble the signature in this house 💀

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• bp — the device handle 💖 like, your little ✨portal✨ to the device, that's what you're working with
• qo — a bnx2x_qable_obj pointer, so you know exactly which qable obj we're talking about 🫶
• exe_chunk — the chunk. yes. that chunk. the exe one. 🍓
• ramrod_flags — the flags 🚩 the ramrod ones, keeping it real

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💜 DESCRIPTION 💜

go and send a ramrod! 🚀✨

that's the description. that's literally it. no cap, that's the whole thing. the function sends the ramrod. and honestly? she ate. 🔥

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🌟 SEE ALSO 🌟

bestie the reference list is long, and we are respecting every single one of them, because they all deserve their moment 💅

The kernel file lives at ./drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x_sp.c — go say hi to her, she's the main character of this whole saga 📁👑

and now, the whole squad, in order, no skipping, no cutting corners, no "eh they'll get it" energy:

• bnx2x_exe_queue_init(9)
• bnx2x_exe_queue_add(9)
• bnx2x_exe_queue_step(9)
• bnx2x_state_wait(9)
• __bnx2x_vlan_mac_h_write_trylock(9)
• __bnx2x_vlan_mac_h_exec_pending(9)
• __bnx2x_vlan_mac_h_pend(9)
• __bnx2x_vlan_mac_h_write_unlock(9)
• __bnx2x_vlan_mac_h_read_lock(9)
• bnx2x_vlan_mac_h_read_lock(9)
• __bnx2x_vlan_mac_h_read_unlock(9)
• bnx2x_vlan_mac_h_read_unlock(9)
• bnx2x_vlan_mac_set_cmd_hdr_e2(9)
• bnx2x_vlan_mac_set_rdata_hdr_e2(9)
• bnx2x_vlan_mac_set_rdata_hdr_e1x(9)
• bnx2x_set_one_mac_e1x(9)
• bnx2x_set_one_vlan_mac_e1h(9)
• bnx2x_vlan_mac_restore(9)
• bnx2x_validate_vlan_mac_add(9)
• bnx2x_validate_vlan_mac_del(9)
• bnx2x_validate_vlan_mac_move(9)
• bnx2x_wait_vlan_mac(9)
• bnx2x_complete_vlan_mac(9)
• bnx2x_optimize_vlan_mac(9)
• bnx2x_vlan_mac_get_registry_elem(9)
• bnx2x_config_vlan_mac(9)
• bnx2x_vlan_mac_del_all(9)
• bnx2x_mcast_get_next_bin(9)
• bnx2x_mcast_clear_first_bin(9)
• bnx2x_mcast_handle_restore_cmd_e2(9)
• bnx2x_mcast_handle_current_cmd(9)
• bnx2x_mcast_set_rdata_hdr_e2(9)
• bnx2x_mcast_refresh_registry_e2(9)
• bnx2x_mcast_set_rdata_hdr_e1(9)
• bnx2x_mcast_handle_restore_cmd_e1(9)
• bnx2x_get_fw_mac_addr(9)
• bnx2x_mcast_refresh_registry_e1(9)
• __atomic_add_ifless(9)
• __atomic_dec_ifmoe(9)
• bnx2x_init_credit_pool(9)
• bnx2x_debug_print_ind_table(9)
• bnx2x_setup_rss(9)
• bnx2x_queue_state_change(9)
• bnx2x_queue_comp_cmd(9)
• bnx2x_q_init(9)
• bnx2x_q_send_deactivate(9)
• bnx2x_q_send_activate(9)
• bnx2x_queue_chk_transition(9)
• bnx2x_func_state_change_comp(9)
• bnx2x_func_comp_cmd(9)
• bnx2x_func_chk_transition(9)
• bnx2x_func_init_func(9)
• bnx2x_func_init_port(9)
• bnx2x_func_init_cmn_chip(9)
• bnx2x_func_init_cmn(9)
• bnx2x_func_reset_func(9)
• bnx2x_func_reset_port(9)
• bnx2x_func_reset_cmn(9)
• bnx2x_func_state_change(9)

sixty-ish entries and every single one made the list, we do not ghost our references 🙈💖

ngl if you're reading this hoping for more description than "go and send a ramrod!", the manpage simply does not have more for you. she's concise. she's mysterious. she's booked and busy. ✨

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🌸 sign-off 🌸

source + version vibes came from ./drivers/net/ethernet/broadco... (yes, truncated mid-word, that's how she was printed, we don't editorialize 💀), dated October 2026, and it's all for bnx2x_execute_vlan_mac(9).

go send that ramrod bestie, iykyk 🚀💅🎀🫶