i40e_calcul...i_rx_buf_len(9)
๐ i40e_calculate_vsi_rx_buf_len(9) ๐
okay so bestie, this one's from the Kernel API Manual โ page i40e_calcul...i_rx_buf_len(9), the header just truncates it because apparently kernel devs hate long names ๐ญ. It's one tiny function with one tiny job, but it comes with basically the entire i40e family tree attached, so buckle up ๐ซถ.
โจ NAME โจ
i40e_calculate_vsi_rx_buf_len โ literally does what it says on the tin: it calculates buffer length ๐
no cap.
๐ธ SYNOPSIS ๐ธ
u16 i40e_calculate_vsi_rx_buf_len (struct i40e_vsi *vsi );
she's short, she's sweet, she returns a u16 and takes exactly one pointer. main character energy honestly โจ
๐ฆ ARGUMENTS ๐ฆ
vsiโ the VSI you want therx_buf_lencalculated from. that's it. that's the whole input. give her the VSI and she'll do the math ๐งฎ
๐ฅ SEE ALSO ๐ฅ
okay so this section is a lot ๐ญ โ it's giving "family reunion and everyone showed up". Here's the whole squad, in order, no skips, no cuts, nothing left behind:
- Kernel file
./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c 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ount(9)i40e_reenable_fdir_sb(9)i40e_reenable_fdir_atr(9)i40e_delete_invalid_filter(9)i40e_fdir_check_and_reenable(9)i40e_fdir_flush_and_replay(9)i40e_get_current_atr_cnt(9)i40e_fdir_reinit_subtask(9)i40e_vsi_link_event(9)i40e_veb_link_event(9)i40e_link_event(9)i40e_watchdog_subtask(9)i40e_reset_subtask(9)i40e_handle_link_event(9)i40e_clean_adminq_subtask(9)i40e_verify_eeprom(9)i40e_enable_pf_switch_lb(9)i40e_disable_pf_switch_lb(9)i40e_config_bridge_mode(9)i40e_reconstitute_veb(9)i40e_get_capabilities(9)i40e_fdir_sb_setup(9)i40e_fdir_teardown(9)i40e_rebuild_cloud_filters(9)i40e_rebuild_channels(9)i40e_clean_xps_state(9)i40e_prep_for_reset(9)i40e_send_version(9)i40e_get_oem_version(9)i40e_reset(9)i40e_rebuild(9)i40e_reset_and_rebuild(9)i40e_handle_reset_warning(9)i40e_print_vf_mdd_event(9)i40e_print_vfs_mdd_events(9)i40e_handle_mdd_event(9)i40e_service_task(9)i40e_service_timer(9)i40e_set_num_rings_in_vsi(9)i40e_vsi_alloc_arrays(9)i40e_vsi_mem_alloc(9)i40e_vsi_free_arrays(9)i40e_clear_rss_config_user(9)i40e_vsi_clear(9)i40e_vsi_clear_rings(9)i40e_alloc_rings(9)i40e_reserve_msix_vectors(9)i40e_init_msix(9)i40e_vsi_alloc_q_vector(9)i40e_vsi_alloc_q_vectors(9)i40e_init_interrupt_scheme(9)i40e_restore_interrupt_scheme(9)i40e_setup_misc_vector_for_recovery_mode(9)i40e_setup_misc_vector(9)i40e_get_rss_aq(9)i40e_config_rss_reg(9)i40e_get_rss_reg(9)i40e_config_rss(9)i40e_get_rss(9)i40e_fill_rss_lut(9)i40e_pf_config_rss(9)i40e_reconfig_rss_queues(9)i40e_get_partition_bw_setting(9)i40e_set_partition_bw_setting(9)i40e_is_total_port_shutdown_enabled(9)i40e_sw_init(9)i40e_set_ntuple(9)i40e_clear_rss_lut(9)i40e_set_loopback(9)i40e_set_features(9)i40e_ndo_fdb_add(9)i40e_ndo_bridge_setlink(9)i40e_ndo_bridge_getlink(9)i40e_features_check(9)i40e_xdp_setup(9)i40e_enter_busy_conf(9)i40e_exit_busy_conf(9)i40e_queue_pair_reset_stats(9)i40e_queue_pair_clean_rings(9)i40e_queue_pair_toggle_napi(9)i40e_queue_pair_toggle_rings(9)i40e_queue_pair_enable_irq(9)i40e_queue_pair_disable_irq(9)i40e_queue_pair_disable(9)i40e_queue_pair_enable(9)i40e_xdp(9)i40e_config_netdev(9)i40e_vsi_delete(9)i40e_is_vsi_uplink_mode_veb(9)i40e_add_vsi(9)i40e_vsi_release(9)i40e_vsi_setup_vectors(9)i40e_vsi_reinit_setup(9)i40e_vsi_setup(9)i40e_veb_get_bw_info(9)i40e_veb_mem_alloc(9)i40e_switch_branch_release(9)i40e_veb_clear(9)i40e_veb_release(9)i40e_add_veb(9)i40e_veb_setup(9)i40e_setup_pf_switch_element(9)i40e_fetch_switch_configuration(9)i40e_setup_pf_switch(9)i40e_determine_queue_usage(9)i40e_setup_pf_filter_control(9)i40e_get_platform_mac_addr(9)i40e_set_fec_in_flags(9)i40e_check_recovery_mode(9)i40e_pf_loop_reset(9)i40e_check_fw_empr(9)i40e_handle_resets(9)i40e_init_recovery_mode(9)i40e_set_subsystem_device_id(9)i40e_probe(9)i40e_remove(9)i40e_enable_mc_magic_wake(9)i40e_io_suspend(9)i40e_io_resume(9)i40e_pci_error_detected(9)i40e_pci_error_slot_reset(9)i40e_pci_error_reset_prepare(9)i40e_pci_error_reset_done(9)i40e_pci_error_resume(9)i40e_shutdown(9)i40e_suspend(9)i40e_resume(9)i40e_init_module(9)i40e_exit_module(9)
likeโฆ that's the entire extended universe ๐ญ๐ but hey, if you ever get lost in the i40e source you literally cannot, because everything is one hop away. iykyk ๐ง
๐ก tiny reminder bestie: this page only documents one function โ i40e_calculate_vsi_rx_buf_len โ so don't go assuming the behavior of anything in that giant SEE ALSO list from this page alone. read those pages for the real tea ๐ต
that's the whole page, no crumbs left ๐ซถโจ this cutie comes to you from the kernel source at ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e, dated October 2026, under the manual page i40e_calcul...i_rx_buf_len(9) โ mwah ๐๐ธ
๐ฆ where this page comes from
- nixpkgs unstable: linux-manual 7.3.1
- ๐ girlified by deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-1017 on : a language model's rewrite of the original, under its terms