e1000_write_vfta_generic(9)

💅 e1000_write_vfta_generic — Kernel API Manual ✨

okay so bestie, we're in the kernel API manual today and the star of the show is e1000_write_vfta_generic. it's a little function with big "write one value into the VLAN filter table" energy. let's get into it 🫶

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🌸 NAME 🌸

e1000_write_vfta_generic — write a value to the VLAN filter table. that's it, that's the whole vibe 🎀

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

void e1000_write_vfta_generic (struct e1000_hw *hw , u32 offset , u32
value );

like, it returns nothing (void, she's humble), takes three things, and does exactly one job. iconic behaviour honestly 👑

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• hw — pointer to the HW structure. it's giving "here's the hardware, go off" 💖
• offset — the register offset in the VLAN filter table. basically where in the table we're writing, iykyk 📍
• value — the register value that gets written to the VLAN filter table. the actual payload, the main character of the operation 🌟

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💜 DESCRIPTION 💜

so what does it do? it writes value at the given offset in that register array which stores the VLAN filter table. lowkey straightforward, highkey essential. it's not out here doing the most — it just puts the right number in the right slot in the array, no cap 💅

no tricks, no surprises, no extra drama. just a value, an offset, and the register array of the VLAN filter table. periodt.

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

the friend group 😭 — literally the whole mac.c crew:

• Kernel file ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/mac.c
• e1000e_get_bus_info_pcie(9)
• e1000_set_lan_id_multi_port_pcie(9)
• e1000_set_lan_id_single_port(9)
• e1000_clear_vfta_generic(9)
• e1000e_init_rx_addrs(9)
• e1000_check_alt_mac_addr_generic(9)
• e1000e_rar_set_generic(9)
• e1000_hash_mc_addr(9)
• e1000e_update_mc_addr_list_generic(9)
• e1000e_clear_hw_cntrs_base(9)
• e1000e_check_for_copper_link(9)
• e1000e_check_for_fiber_link(9)
• e1000e_check_for_serdes_link(9)
• e1000_set_default_fc_generic(9)
• e1000e_setup_link_generic(9)
• e1000_commit_fc_settings_generic(9)
• e1000_poll_fiber_serdes_link_generic(9)
• e1000e_setup_fiber_serdes_link(9)
• e1000e_config_collision_dist_generic(9)
• e1000e_set_fc_watermarks(9)
• e1000e_force_mac_fc(9)
• e1000e_config_fc_after_link_up(9)
• e1000e_get_speed_and_duplex_copper(9)
• e1000e_get_speed_and_duplex_fiber_serdes(9)
• e1000e_get_hw_semaphore(9)
• e1000e_put_hw_semaphore(9)
• e1000e_get_auto_rd_done(9)
• e1000e_valid_led_default(9)
• e1000e_id_led_init_generic(9)
• e1000e_setup_led_generic(9)
• e1000e_cleanup_led_generic(9)
• e1000e_blink_led_generic(9)
• e1000e_led_on_generic(9)
• e1000e_led_off_generic(9)
• e1000e_set_pcie_no_snoop(9)
• e1000e_disable_pcie_master(9)
• e1000e_reset_adaptive(9)
• e1000e_update_adaptive(9)

like, that's a whole group chat and we're tagging everyone 🫶

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sign-off time 🎀 this little beauty comes from ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e... (the source-truncated path, she's mysterious) and the date on the tin is October 2026. and yes, the footer repeats the name e1000_write_vfta_generic(9) one more time because she likes the attention 👑✨💖