i40e_set_mac_type(9)

💅 NAME 💅

i40e_set_mac_type — bestie, this one sets MAC type. That's the whole job. It's giving one-line-iconic. ✨

(This is a page from the Kernel API Manual, section 9, if you were wondering where the whole (9) thing comes from 🫶)

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

int i40e_set_mac_type (struct i40e_hw *hw );

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• hw — pointer to the HW structure. Literally just a pointer to your hardware struct, that's it, that's the whole input 🌈

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

Okay so picture this: this function sets the mac type of the adapter based on the vendor ID and device ID stored in the hw structure. That's it. No cap, that's the entire assignment 🔥

So like, the adapter already knows who it is deep down (vendor ID 🏷️, device ID 🔖, both chilling inside the hw struct), and this function is the one that goes "okay queen, this is your mac type" 🎯 It's giving vibe check for hardware identification, iykyk.

No extra params, no drama, no environment variables, no exit status tea here — just three facts and a pointer 💜

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

Sibling functions! The whole i40e cinematic universe came out for this one, and honestly? Obsessed with the turnout 💖

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

And the extended fam (all section 9, all iconic): i40e_debug_aq(9), i40e_check_asq_alive(9), i40e_aq_queue_shutdown(9), i40e_aq_get_set_rss_lut(9), i40e_aq_get_rss_lut(9), i40e_aq_set_rss_lut(9), i40e_aq_get_set_rss_key(9), i40e_aq_get_rss_key(9), i40e_aq_set_rss_key(9), i40e_init_shared_code(9), i40e_aq_mac_address_read(9), i40e_aq_mac_address_write(9), i40e_get_mac_addr(9), i40e_get_port_mac_addr(9), i40e_pre_tx_queue_cfg(9), i40e_get_pba_string(9), i40e_get_media_type(9), i40e_poll_globr(9), i40e_pf_reset(9), i40e_clear_hw(9), i40e_clear_pxe_mode(9), i40e_led_is_mine(9), i40e_led_get(9), i40e_led_set(9), i40e_aq_get_phy_capabilities(9), i40e_aq_set_phy_config(9), i40e_set_fc(9), i40e_aq_set_mac_config(9), i40e_aq_clear_pxe_mode(9), i40e_aq_set_link_restart_an(9), i40e_aq_get_link_info(9), i40e_aq_set_phy_int_mask(9), i40e_aq_set_mac_loopback(9), i40e_aq_set_phy_debug(9), i40e_aq_add_vsi(9), i40e_aq_set_default_vsi(9), i40e_aq_clear_default_vsi(9), i40e_aq_set_vsi_unicast_promiscuous(9), i40e_aq_set_vsi_multicast_promiscuous(9), i40e_aq_set_vsi_mc_promisc_on_vlan(9), i40e_aq_set_vsi_uc_promisc_on_vlan(9), i40e_aq_set_vsi_bc_promisc_on_vlan(9), i40e_aq_set_vsi_broadcast(9), i40e_aq_get_vsi_params(9), i40e_aq_update_vsi_params(9), i40e_aq_get_switch_config(9), i40e_aq_set_switch_config(9), i40e_aq_get_firmware_version(9), i40e_aq_send_driver_version(9), i40e_get_link_status(9), i40e_update_link_info(9), i40e_aq_add_veb(9), i40e_aq_get_veb_parameters(9), i40e_prepare_add_macvlan(9), i40e_aq_add_macvlan(9), i40e_aq_add_macvlan_v2(9), i40e_aq_remove_macvlan(9), i40e_aq_remove_macvlan_v2(9), i40e_aq_send_msg_to_vf(9), i40e_aq_debug_read_register(9), i40e_aq_debug_write_register(9), i40e_aq_request_resource(9), i40e_aq_release_resource(9), i40e_aq_read_nvm(9), i40e_aq_erase_nvm(9), i40e_parse_discover_capabilities(9), i40e_aq_discover_capabilities(9), i40e_aq_update_nvm(9), i40e_aq_get_lldp_mib(9), i40e_aq_set_lldp_mib(9), i40e_aq_cfg_lldp_mib_change_event(9), i40e_aq_stop_lldp(9), i40e_aq_start_lldp(9), i40e_aq_set_dcb_parameters(9), i40e_aq_get_cee_dcb_config(9), i40e_aq_add_udp_tunnel(9), i40e_aq_del_udp_tunnel(9), i40e_aq_delete_element(9), i40e_aq_dcb_updated(9), i40e_aq_tx_sched_cmd(9), i40e_aq_config_vsi_bw_limit(9), i40e_aq_config_vsi_tc_bw(9), i40e_aq_config_switch_comp_ets(9), i40e_aq_config_switch_comp_bw_config(9), i40e_aq_query_vsi_bw_config(9), i40e_aq_query_vsi_ets_sla_config(9), i40e_aq_query_switch_comp_ets_config(9), i40e_aq_query_port_ets_config(9), i40e_aq_query_switch_comp_bw_config(9), i40e_validate_filter_settings(9), i40e_set_filter_control(9), i40e_aq_add_rem_control_packet_filter(9), i40e_add_filter_to_drop_tx_flow_control_frames(9), i40e_aq_alternate_read(9), i40e_aq_suspend_port_tx(9), i40e_aq_resume_port_tx(9), i40e_set_pci_config_data(9), i40e_aq_debug_dump(9), i40e_read_bw_from_alt_ram(9), i40e_aq_configure_partition_bw(9), i40e_read_phy_register_clause22(9), i40e_write_phy_register_clause22(9), i40e_read_phy_register_clause45(9), i40e_write_phy_register_clause45(9), i40e_get_phy_address(9), i40e_led_get_reg(9), i40e_led_set_reg(9), i40e_led_get_phy(9), i40e_led_set_phy(9), i40e_aq_rx_ctl_read_register(9), i40e_read_rx_ctl(9), i40e_aq_rx_ctl_write_register(9), i40e_write_rx_ctl(9), i40e_mdio_if_number_selection(9), i40e_aq_set_phy_register_ext(9), i40e_aq_get_phy_register_ext(9), i40e_aq_write_ddp(9), i40e_aq_get_ddp_list(9), i40e_find_segment_in_package(9), i40e_ddp_exec_aq_section(9), i40e_validate_profile(9), i40e_write_profile(9), i40e_rollback_profile(9), i40e_aq_add_cloud_filters(9), i40e_aq_add_cloud_filters_bb(9), i40e_aq_rem_cloud_filters(9), i40e_aq_rem_cloud_filters_bb(9)

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Heads up bestie: that SEE ALSO list is long enough to need its own group chat, but every single name up there is fr in the original, so don't come for me 💀

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And that's the whole page, periodt 💅 This lil masterpiece lives in ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e and the version is dated October 2026 — timestamped, iconic, and signed off with love 🎀🦋💖