fm10k_mbx_read_copy(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💖 fm10k_mbx_read_copy — Kernel API Manual ✨

okay so bestie, welcome to the fm10k_mbx_read_copy page, straight out of the Kernel API Manual 🎀 this one is short and sweet and honestly kind of a vibe — it's the little helper that yoinks data out of mbmem and drops it into the Rx FIFO 💅

🌸 NAME 🌸

fm10k_mbx_read_copy — pulls data off of mbmem and places it in Rx FIFO 🫶

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

void fm10k_mbx_read_copy (struct fm10k_hw *hw , struct fm10k_mbx_info
*mbx );

no cap, that's the whole signature 📝

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

  • hw — pointer to hardware structure 💻 like, the actual hardware vibes
  • mbx — pointer to mailbox 📬 your mailbox bestie

💜 DESCRIPTION 💜

okay so here's the tea ☕ this function will take a section of the mailbox memory and copy it into the Rx FIFO 📥✨

the offset? that's based on the lower bits of the head 👑 and len determines the length to copy 📏 that's it, that's the whole function, she's iconic, she's efficient, periodt 💅

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

the whole friend group 🫶 and yeah, there are a LOT of them, so buckle up bestie:

and the source file itself lives at 📁 Kernel file ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/fm10k/fm10k_mbx.c — go read it, iykyk 👑

💀 heads up bestie: every single one of those (9) refs is part of the kernel API crew, so don't be out here calling them from userspace fr fr 🙈

okay that's the whole page, love her, no notes 💖 this cutie came from ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/f... and the date on her birth certificate says October 2026 📅✨ bye bestie, go copy some mailbox data 🎀🦋

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