fbnic_tlv_msg_alloc(9)

okay bestie, welcome to fbnic_tlv_msg_alloc(9) in the Kernel API Manual — this is the little allocator that sets up your FW message header, and we're gonna read it together like a group chat 💖

🌸 NAME 🌸

fbnic_tlv_msg_alloc — Allocate page and initialize FW message header ✨

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

the whole call is literally this, no cap:

struct fbnic_tlv_msg * fbnic_tlv_msg_alloc (u16 msg_id );

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• msg_id — Identifier for new message we are starting 💅

⭐ RETURN ⭐

pointer to start of message, or NULL on failure. check it, bestie 🫶

💜 DESCRIPTION 💜

Allocates a page and initializes message header at start of page. Initial message size is 1 DWORD which is just the header. it's giving “fresh page, tiny header, main character energy” 😭✨

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

the whole linked-up squad is here, and yes we are listing every single one 🧚

• Kernel file ./drivers/net/ethernet/meta/fbnic/fbnic_tlv.c
• fbnic_tlv_attr_put_flag(9)
• fbnic_tlv_attr_put_value(9)
• __fbnic_tlv_attr_put_int(9)
• fbnic_tlv_attr_put_mac_addr(9)
• fbnic_tlv_attr_put_string(9)
• fbnic_tlv_attr_get_unsigned(9)
• fbnic_tlv_attr_get_signed(9)
• fbnic_tlv_attr_get_string(9)
• fbnic_tlv_attr_nest_start(9)
• fbnic_tlv_attr_nest_stop(9)
• fbnic_tlv_attr_parse_array(9)
• fbnic_tlv_attr_parse(9)
• fbnic_tlv_msg_parse(9)
• fbnic_tlv_parser_error(9)
• fbnic_tlv_test_create(9)
• fbnic_tlv_parser_test_attr(9)
• fbnic_tlv_parser_test(9)

and the footer tea for the very end: source/version path ./drivers/net/ethernet/meta/fbnic, date October 2026, page fbnic_tlv_msg_alloc(9) — bye bestie, slay your kernel reading 💅🎀