fm10k_mbx_write(9)

💖 fm10k_mbx_write(9) — the kernel API manual, bestie edition 🎀

okay so this is a page from the Kernel API Manual, and honestly? It's a tiny little function that does one very specific thing, and it does it slayfully. Let's get into it 💅

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✨ NAME ✨

fm10k_mbx_write — copies the local message buffer to mbmem 🫶

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

void fm10k_mbx_write (struct fm10k_hw *hw , struct fm10k_mbx_info *mbx
);

like, that's it. that's the whole signature. no return value, no drama, no cap 💀

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• hw — pointer to hardware structure. your actual hardware bestie, the physical one 👑
• mbx — pointer to mailbox. the mailbox in question, the one and only 📬

💜 DESCRIPTION 💜

This function copies the message from the message array to mbmem. literally that's the whole vibe — message array goes in, mbmem comes out, no extra steps, no side quests ✨

it's giving "short and sweet" and honestly we're obsessed 😭

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

okay so here's the entire squad, the full group chat, every single one of them (iykyk) 💖

Kernel file ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/fm10k/fm10k_mbx.c

fm10k_fifo_init(9), fm10k_fifo_used(9), fm10k_fifo_unused(9),
fm10k_fifo_empty(9), fm10k_fifo_head_offset(9),
fm10k_fifo_tail_offset(9), fm10k_fifo_head_len(9),
fm10k_fifo_head_drop(9), fm10k_fifo_drop_all(9), fm10k_mbx_index_len(9),
fm10k_mbx_tail_add(9), fm10k_mbx_tail_sub(9), fm10k_mbx_head_add(9),
fm10k_mbx_head_sub(9), fm10k_mbx_pushed_tail_len(9),
fm10k_fifo_write_copy(9), fm10k_fifo_enqueue(9),
fm10k_mbx_validate_msg_size(9), fm10k_mbx_write_copy(9),
fm10k_mbx_pull_head(9), fm10k_mbx_read_copy(9), fm10k_mbx_push_tail(9),
fm10k_crc_16b(9), fm10k_fifo_crc(9), fm10k_mbx_update_local_crc(9),
fm10k_mbx_verify_remote_crc(9), fm10k_mbx_rx_ready(9),
fm10k_mbx_tx_ready(9), fm10k_mbx_tx_complete(9),
fm10k_mbx_dequeue_rx(9), fm10k_mbx_enqueue_tx(9), fm10k_mbx_read(9),
fm10k_mbx_create_connect_hdr(9), fm10k_mbx_create_data_hdr(9),
fm10k_mbx_create_disconnect_hdr(9),
fm10k_mbx_create_fake_disconnect_hdr(9), fm10k_mbx_create_error_msg(9),
fm10k_mbx_validate_msg_hdr(9), fm10k_mbx_create_reply(9),
fm10k_mbx_reset_work(9), fm10k_mbx_update_max_size(9),
fm10k_mbx_connect_reset(9), fm10k_mbx_process_connect(9),
fm10k_mbx_process_data(9), fm10k_mbx_process_disconnect(9),
fm10k_mbx_process_error(9), fm10k_mbx_process(9),
fm10k_mbx_disconnect(9), fm10k_mbx_connect(9),
fm10k_mbx_validate_handlers(9), fm10k_mbx_register_handlers(9),
fm10k_pfvf_mbx_init(9), fm10k_sm_mbx_create_data_hdr(9),
fm10k_sm_mbx_create_connect_hdr(9), fm10k_sm_mbx_connect_reset(9),
fm10k_sm_mbx_connect(9), fm10k_sm_mbx_disconnect(9),
fm10k_sm_mbx_validate_fifo_hdr(9), fm10k_sm_mbx_process_error(9),
fm10k_sm_mbx_create_error_msg(9), fm10k_sm_mbx_receive(9),
fm10k_sm_mbx_transmit(9), fm10k_sm_mbx_create_reply(9),
fm10k_sm_mbx_process_reset(9), fm10k_sm_mbx_process_version_1(9),
fm10k_sm_mbx_process(9), fm10k_sm_mbx_init(9)

like, that's a lot of friends and every single one of them ate 🔥

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ngl this one's a one-liner of a function but the cross-reference list is main character energy, so respect it 💅

and that's the page!! sourced from ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/f..., dated October 2026, and it's literally fm10k_mbx_write(9) forever and ever, periodt 🎀🦋💖