i40e_dbg_netdev_ops_write(9)
π i40e_dbg_netdev_ops_write(9)
okay so welcome to the Kernel API Manual, bestie β today's main character is i40e_dbg_netdev_ops_write, and no cap, the whole job is literally right there in the name: it writes into a netdev_ops datum π
β¨ NAME β¨
i40e_dbg_netdev_ops_write β write into netdev_ops datum π¦
That's it. That's the whole vibe. It writes, and what it writes into is the netdev_ops datum. Iconic, concise, slay.
πΈ SYNOPSIS πΈ
ssize_t i40e_dbg_netdev_ops_write (struct file *filp , const char __user
*buffer , size_t count , loff_t *ppos );
so it hands you back an ssize_t, and it takes four things β a filp, a buffer, a count, and a ppos π
π«Ά ARGUMENTS π«Ά
filpβ the opened file, fr fr. it's the file that's already been opened, just vibing there πbufferβ where to find the user's data β this is the spot where the user's stuff is hanging outcountβ the length of the user's data β¨ so like, how much of the user's data we're working withpposβ file position offset πΈ the offset into the file position, iykyk
π¦ SEE ALSO π¦
first up, the kernel file this whole thing lives in β go look at it, it's giving source code realness:
Kernel file ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_debugfs.c
and then the whole friend group, all of these little functions, every single one, no skipping π:
i40e_dbg_find_vsi(9)i40e_dbg_dump_vsi_seid(9)i40e_dbg_dump_aq_desc(9)i40e_dbg_dump_desc(9)i40e_dbg_dump_vsi_no_seid(9)i40e_dbg_dump_eth_stats(9)i40e_dbg_dump_veb_seid(9)i40e_dbg_dump_veb_all(9)i40e_dbg_dump_vf(9)i40e_dbg_dump_vf_all(9)i40e_dbg_command_write(9)i40e_dbg_pf_init(9)i40e_dbg_pf_exit(9)i40e_dbg_init(9)i40e_dbg_exit(9)
like genuinely go read them, they're all sitting there in the same directory being useful π§
and that's the page, bestie!! π this one came from ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e, dated October 2026, and it's filed under i40e_dbg_netdev_ops_write(9) β mwah, love that for us π
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π¦ where this page comes from
- nixpkgs unstable: linux-manual 7.3.1
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