i40e_pit_index_to_mask(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 i40e_pit_index_to_mask — Kernel API Manual, but make it a group chat

okay so bestie, welcome to the i40e_pit_index_to_mask(9) page from the Kernel API Manual ✨ it's a tiny little function but it's lowkey carrying the whole FLEX-mask situation, and honestly? iconic.

🌸 NAME 🌸

i40e_pit_index_to_mask — literally just returns the FLEX mask for a given PIT index 🎀

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

u64 i40e_pit_index_to_mask (int pit_index );

so you hand it an int, you get back a u64. no cap. 💖

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

  • pit_index — the PIT index you want converted. that's it, that's the whole vibe check. 🫶

💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

okay so the whole serve here: it returns the mask for a given PIT index. that's the moment. that's the main character energy. 🔥

but listen — if the pit_index is out of range, it will return 0. not an error, not a freakout, just a flat 0. so if you get a 0 back and you're like "huh 😭", check your index first, bestie.

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

the whole extended universe, fr fr — go read these, they ate:

like I said. extended universe. 🌈

💀 reminder bestie: out-of-range pit_index → 0. not a crash, not a signal, not an exit status, just 0. don't @ me, @ the range check.

kisses from the ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e directory 🧚 this page is from October 2026, served fresh in the Kernel API Manual — mwah, go touch grass, then come back and read your masks 💜🎀

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