fm10k_mbx_cr...sconnect_hdr(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💖 fm10k_mbx_create_fake_disconnect_hdr(9) — the kernel API manual, bestie edition 🎀

okay so real talk, this page lives in the Kernel API Manual, and it's all about one lil' function with a big name: fm10k_mbx_create_fake_disconnect_hdr. yes, say it three times fast, i'll wait. ✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

fm10k_mbx_create_fake_disconnect_hdr — generate a false disconnect mbox hdr 💅

like, it makes a fake disconnect header. the audacity. the drama. we love her for it.

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

void fm10k_mbx_create_fake_disconnect_hdr (struct fm10k_mbx_info *mbx );

that's it. that's the whole vibe. no return value, she just does the thing and leaves. main character energy fr fr. 👑

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

  • mbx — pointer to mailbox 📬✨ (yes, an actual pointer, to an actual mailbox struct, this is not a drill)

💜 DESCRIPTION 💜

so here's the tea ☕: this function creates a fake disconnect header for loading into the remote mailbox header.

and why, you ask? the primary purpose (say it with me now) is to prevent errors on immediate start up after mbx->connect. 🫶

that's it. that's the whole job. she shows up, she plants a decoy disconnect header, she prevents startup chaos. iconic behavior honestly. no cap. 🔥

ngl the phrase "fake disconnect header" sounds like something out of a heist movie and i'm obsessed 💀 but it's literally just a header struct, bestie, don't overthink it.

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

okay bestie, buckle up, because this list is long and every single one of these is invited to the group chat 🫶💖:

like i said. the whole group chat. 😭💀

and that's the page, bestie! 💖 this lil' beauty ships from ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/f... and it's dated October 2026, living under the header fm10k_mbx_cr...sconnect_hdr(9) — go forth and fake-disconnect responsibly, mwah 🧚✨🍓

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