bnx2x_setup_rss(9)

💖 bnx2x_setup_rss — configure RSS 💖

okay so before we dive in, bestie: this page lives in section 9 of the Kernel API Manual, and it's called bnx2x_setup_rss. Cute name, big job. Let's get into it ✨

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🌸 NAME 🌸

bnx2x_setup_rss — no literally, it's here to configure RSS. That's the whole vibe check. 🎀

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

int bnx2x_setup_rss (struct bnx2x *bp , struct bnx2x_config_rss_params
*p );

like yes, it's an int. yes, it takes two things. no, we don't gatekeep. 💅

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• bp — the device handle, i.e. the little pointer to the world you're working on. main character energy fr. 🫶
• p — the rss configuration, aka the actual settings you're handing over. 👑

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🔥 DESCRIPTION 🔥

ngl, the docs on this one are giving "wrote it at 3am and hit commit." 😭 All we've got is this: it sends on an UPDATE ramrod, for that matter.

that's it. that's the description. short, iconic, slightly mysterious. not me being obsessed with a one-liner 🥲 keep it in your heart and go read the source, iykyk.

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

okay this list is a lot and I refuse to cut a single name out of it, so buckle up bestie — full lineup below, no cap, zero skips 💜

first, the file itself lives right here:

• Kernel file ./drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x_sp.c

and now the whole friend group 🌈:

• 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_execute_vlan_mac(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_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)

like, that's a whole social circle. go say hi to all of them 🧚

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real talk though: the description telling you it "sends on UPDATE ramrod" is all the official word we get, so don't go inventing extra behaviour in your head. read the source file above if you want the full tea. 🍓

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and that's the page!! 🎀 this little cutie came out of ./drivers/net/ethernet/broadco..., dated October 2026, and it answers to the name bnx2x_setup_rss(9). slay, stay safe, and happy RSS configuring bestie 💖✨