fm10k_iov_ms...ort_state_pf(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 fm10k_iov_msg_lport_state_pf(9) — from the Kernel API Manual, bestie 🎀

okay so bestie, sit down, we're reading a kernel manpage together and honestly? it's giving iconic. this one lives in the Kernel API Manual, and the function is fm10k_iov_msg_lport_state_pf(9). yes that's a mouthful. yes you're gonna say it out loud by the end. periodt. ✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

fm10k_iov_msg_lport_state_pf — the message handler for port state requests 🫶

like literally, that's its whole job. it handles messages about port state. no cap.

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

s32 fm10k_iov_msg_lport_state_pf (struct fm10k_hw *hw , u32 **results ,
struct fm10k_mbx_info *mbx );

that's it. that's the whole signature. she's neat, she's tidy, she takes three arguments and returns an s32. 💖

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

  • hw — a pointer to the hardware structure, aka where the hardware lives. your main character struct, fr fr.
  • results — a pointer array to the message. heads up: results[0] is the pointer to the message. yes, index zero specifically. don't come for her. 👑
  • mbx — a pointer to the mailbox information structure. the mailbox. the vibe. 💌

🌈 DESCRIPTION 🌈

so basically (and i mean basically), this function is a default handler for port state requests. like when nobody else is handling port state requests? she steps up. main character energy. 💅

and the port state requests? for now they're pretty basic — they consist of enabling or disabling the port. that's the whole tea. on or off. slay, honestly. the way that simplicity ate. 🔥

ngl bestie, "for now" is doing a lot of heavy lifting in that sentence — that's literally what the manpage says, so we're not gonna speculate about the future. we report, we don't predict. 🙈

💜 SEE ALSO 💜

okay this part is a list. a whole friend group. every single one of these is getting named, because nobody gets left out on my watch 🫶

thirty-four entries plus the file path. we counted. we're obsessed. 🍓

and that's the whole page, bestie!! 💖 this little icon came from the source ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/f... and it's dated October 2026 — so yeah, she's from the future, she's mysterious, she's got lore. go read your kernel source and hydrate!! 🌸🦋✨💅

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