fm10k_msg_mac_vlan_vf(9)

💅 fm10k_msg_mac_vlan_vf — bestie's guide to the kernel API manual

okay so this is a page from the Kernel API Manual, and honestly? it's a little one but she's doing her job. let's get into it 🫶

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✨ NAME ✨

fm10k_msg_mac_vlan_vf — literally reads the device MAC address out of a mailbox message. that's the whole gig. iconic behavior honestly 💖

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

s32 fm10k_msg_mac_vlan_vf (struct fm10k_hw *hw , u32 **results , struct
fm10k_mbx_info *mbx );

yes the line break is really like that, we don't make the rules, we just copy them exactly 💅

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• hw — pointer to the HW structure. like, the hardware. she's pointing at it ✨
• results — the attributes for the message. this is where the good stuff lives 👀
• mbx — unused mailbox data. yeah she's just... there. no cap, not used 🙈

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so what does she actually do? this function should determine the MAC address for the VF. that's it, that's the assignment, and she's built for it 🔥

lowkey note that the manpage says "should determine" — that's the wording, we're not adding anything, just saying it with our whole chest ✨

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• kernel file ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/fm10k/fm10k_vf.c — the source herself 💖
• fm10k_stop_hw_vf(9)
• fm10k_reset_hw_vf(9)
• fm10k_init_hw_vf(9)
• fm10k_update_vlan_vf(9)
• fm10k_read_mac_addr_vf(9)
• fm10k_update_uc_addr_vf(9)
• fm10k_update_mc_addr_vf(9)
• fm10k_update_int_moderator_vf(9)
• fm10k_msg_lport_state_vf(9)
• fm10k_update_lport_state_vf(9)
• fm10k_update_xcast_mode_vf(9)
• fm10k_update_hw_stats_vf(9)
• fm10k_rebind_hw_stats_vf(9)
• fm10k_configure_dglort_map_vf(9)

the whole friend group fr fr 👑

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and that's the page bestie!! sign-off time — this one's sourced from ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/f... and dated October 2026, page name fm10k_msg_mac_vlan_vf(9) at the bottom as always. slay, go read your kernel docs 💜