fm10k_msg_err_pf(9)

💖 fm10k_msg_err_pf 💖

okay bestie, so this one's from the Kernel API Manual and it's literally the error-reply handler for the fm10k driver family — a whole little function with main character energy 🎀

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✨ NAME ✨

fm10k_msg_err_pf — the message handler for error replies, no cap 🫶

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

s32 fm10k_msg_err_pf (struct fm10k_hw *hw , u32 **results , struct
fm10k_mbx_info *mbx );

like… it takes three things and gives you back an s32, periodt 💅

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• hw — pointer to the hardware structure, the actual vibes of the physical thing 💻
• results — pointer array containing parsed data, aka the receipts 📋
• mbx — pointer to the mailbox information structure, the group chat where the messages live 💌

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⭐ DESCRIPTION ⭐

so basically this handler is the one who captures the data for any error replies to previous messages that the PF has sent. like, somebody up the chain sent a message, it came back with an error, and this function is there to scoop up the data and hold onto it 😭👑

it's giving "mailroom but make it glam" fr fr.

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

the kernel file lives at ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/fm10k/fm10k_pf.c — go read it, iykyk 📂✨

and here's the whole squad, all present and accounted for, not one missing 🫶:

• fm10k_reset_hw_pf(9)
• fm10k_is_ari_hierarchy_pf(9)
• fm10k_init_hw_pf(9)
• fm10k_update_vlan_pf(9)
• fm10k_read_mac_addr_pf(9)
• fm10k_glort_valid_pf(9)
• fm10k_update_xc_addr_pf(9)
• fm10k_update_uc_addr_pf(9)
• fm10k_update_mc_addr_pf(9)
• fm10k_update_xcast_mode_pf(9)
• fm10k_update_int_moderator_pf(9)
• fm10k_update_lport_state_pf(9)
• fm10k_configure_dglort_map_pf(9)
• fm10k_iov_assign_resources_pf(9)
• fm10k_iov_configure_tc_pf(9)
• fm10k_iov_assign_int_moderator_pf(9)
• fm10k_iov_assign_default_mac_vlan_pf(9)
• fm10k_iov_reset_resources_pf(9)
• fm10k_iov_set_lport_pf(9)
• fm10k_iov_reset_lport_pf(9)
• fm10k_iov_update_stats_pf(9)
• fm10k_iov_msg_msix_pf(9)
• fm10k_iov_select_vid(9)
• fm10k_iov_supported_xcast_mode_pf(9)
• fm10k_iov_msg_lport_state_pf(9)
• fm10k_update_hw_stats_pf(9)
• fm10k_rebind_hw_stats_pf(9)
• fm10k_set_dma_mask_pf(9)
• fm10k_get_fault_pf(9)
• fm10k_request_lport_map_pf(9)
• fm10k_get_host_state_pf(9)
• fm10k_msg_lport_map_pf(9)
• fm10k_msg_update_pvid_pf(9)
• fm10k_record_global_table_data(9)

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and that's the whole page, bestie — tysm for reading 💜 this little writeup came from ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/f... and it's dated October 2026, signed off with love from your girl fm10k_msg_err_pf(9) 🎀✨ slay!