i40e_ddp_load(9)

💖 i40e_ddp_load 💖

okay so bestie, this is a page from the Kernel API Manual and it's all about i40e_ddp_load — the function that literally performs DDP loading. that's the whole name, that's the whole vibe. DDP loading. iconic. 🎀

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

int i40e_ddp_load (struct net_device *netdev , const u8 *data , size_t
size , bool is_add );

that's the signature, copy it exactly bestie, no typos, the compiler is not forgiving and neither is the kernel 😭

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🌸 ARGUMENTS 🌸

• netdev — the net device structure 🫶 like, the actual network device we're doing this whole thing to.
• data — the buffer containing the recipe file. yes, recipe. it's a whole cooking show in there 💅
• size — the size of the buffer. how much recipe we're working with, basically.
• is_add — true when loading profile, false when rolling back the previous one. main character flag honestly, it decides which direction this whole thing goes 👑

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so what does it do. it checks correctness — vibe check on the data, basically — and then loads the DDP profile to the NIC. slay ✨

and plot twist, it's not just a one-trick function: the function is also used for rolling back previously loaded profile. so it's giving both directions, load and undo. versatile queen behavior 👑

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💜 SEE ALSO 💜

• Kernel file ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_ddp.c — go read the source bestie, it's right there
• i40e_ddp_profiles_eq(9)
• i40e_ddp_does_profile_exist(9)
• i40e_ddp_profiles_overlap(9)
• i40e_ddp_does_profile_overlap(9)
• i40e_add_pinfo(9)
• i40e_del_pinfo(9)
• i40e_ddp_is_pkg_hdr_valid(9)
• i40e_ddp_restore(9)
• i40e_ddp_flash(9)

like, the whole friend group fr fr 🫶 go say hi to all of them.

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ngl bestie, if you're here you're probably deep in drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e territory — drink some water, take a breath, you've got this 💖

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and that's the page!! 🌈 this lil gem lives under ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e, it's dated October 2026, and it goes by i40e_ddp_load(9) — that's the version, that's the footer, that's the sign-off. mwah 💋 see you in the next manpage bestie 🧚✨