e1000_write_mbx_vf(9)

💌 e1000_write_mbx_vf(9) 💌

okay bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual entry for e1000_write_mbx_vf — it's giving “tiny function, very specific job” energy and honestly we love that for it. 🎀

✨ NAME ✨

e1000_write_mbx_vf — write a message to the mailbox. literally what it says on the tin, no cap. 💅

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

s32 e1000_write_mbx_vf (struct e1000_hw *hw , u32 *msg , u16 size );

🌸 ARGUMENTS 🌸

• hw — pointer to the HW structure. like, the hardware context bestie, hand it over. 🫶
• msg — the message buffer. this is where the message lives, iconic. 💖
• size — length of buffer. yes ma'am, tell it how big. 📏

🔥 DESCRIPTION 🔥

It returns SUCCESS if it successfully copied the message into the buffer. periodt. that's the whole described behavior — no extra lore, no secret side quest. ✨

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

Kernel file ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igbvf/mbx.c — go read the source, iykyk. 🧚

• e1000_poll_for_msg(9)
• e1000_poll_for_ack(9)
• e1000_read_posted_mbx(9)
• e1000_write_posted_mbx(9)
• e1000_read_v2p_mailbox(9)
• e1000_check_for_bit_vf(9)
• e1000_check_for_msg_vf(9)
• e1000_check_for_ack_vf(9)
• e1000_check_for_rst_vf(9)
• e1000_obtain_mbx_lock_vf(9)
• e1000_read_mbx_vf(9)
• e1000_init_mbx_params_vf(9)

okay that's the whole page, bestie 💜 cute little sign-off: this is from the Kernel API Manual, source path ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i..., dated October 2026. mwah 🫶💅