i40e_aq_set_vsi_broadcast(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💖 i40e_aq_set_vsi_broadcast(9) 💖

okay so bestie, sit down, we're reading a Kernel API Manual page today — yes, from the Kernel API Manual, the one with the goods. This is the page for i40e_aq_set_vsi_broadcast, a function that lives in the i40e driver and does exactly one (1) little job, and honestly? She ate. Small function, big responsibility. Let's get into it 💅

✨ NAME ✨

i40e_aq_set_vsi_broadcast — and that's it, that's the whole line 😭 the original page left the description slot completely empty, just a lonely little dash hanging out there. Not me being like "name: yes" 💀 so we're calling it: the name is the function, no tagline, it's giving mysterious main character energy. 🎀

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

int i40e_aq_set_vsi_broadcast (struct i40e_hw *hw , u16 seid , bool
set_filter , struct i40e_asq_cmd_details *cmd_details );

there she is 🫶 returns an int, takes four friends, and yes that line break is exactly where the original put it — we don't fix the wrapping, we respect it ✨

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

the four besties you gotta pass in, in order, no skipping:

  • hw — pointer to the hw struct 🧚 like, the hardware context, the whole vibe of the device, hand it over please
  • seid — the vsi number 🔥 this is which VSI we're talking about, a u16, that's your target
  • set_filter — true to set filter, false to clear filter 🎀 binary queen. on or off, that's the whole personality
  • cmd_details — pointer to a command details structure, or NULL ⭐ so you can pass extra detail-iness, or just shrug and pass NULL, both are legal, no judgement

👑 DESCRIPTION 👑

so what does she actually do? literally this: set or clear the broadcast promiscuous flag (filter) for a given VSI. 🔥

that's the whole thing bestie, one sentence of pure purpose. you point her at a VSI (via seid), you tell her true (set that broadcast promiscuous filter) or false (clear it), and she handles it. clean. iconic. no notes. 💅

💜 SEE ALSO 💜

first up, the actual source file where this lives — go read the code, it's right here:

  • Kernel file ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_common.c

and then. okay. brace yourself 😭 because the original page goes absolutely feral with the cross-references, and I mean that as the highest compliment. every single one of these is a real sibling page and we are listing all of them, no skipping, no summarising, we don't do that here 🫶

ngl if you read that whole list out loud you deserve a little treat 🍓 go get one, you earned it.

and that's the page, bestie 🌈 source is ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e, and this one's dated October 2026 — so like, future vibes, very ahead of the curve of her 💜 mwah, study hard, ship good code, and remember: true to set, false to clear, and that's the whole personality. 🎀✨🫶

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