ice_fill_fv_word_index(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

✨ ice_fill_fv_word_index ✨

okay so bestie, welcome to the ice_fill_fv_word_index(9) page — yes that's the whole entire title, it's a kernel API manual situation, and this function is lowkey a little legend. sit down, grab a strawberry drink 🍓, and let's get into it 💅

🌸 NAME 🌸

ice_fill_fv_word_index — fill in the field vector indices for a recipe group, no cap 🎀

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

int ice_fill_fv_word_index (struct ice_hw *hw , struct ice_sw_recipe *rm
);

that's it. that's the whole vibe. two args, one int coming back atcha ✨

💖 ARGUMENTS 💖

  • hw — pointer to the hardware structure. it's giving "the actual NIC, the real one" 🫶
  • rm — recipe management list entry. this is the entry in question, the main character of the recipe-management list 🌈

👑 DESCRIPTION 👑

okay so this is a helper function — a lil supportive bestie of a function — and its whole job is to fill in the field vector indices for protocol-offset pairs. 📝

and those indices? they don't just sit there being cute. they are ultimately programmed into a recipe. so like, this is the step where the numbers get sorted before they go off and live inside a recipe. the way that this is literally the setup arc 😭

ngl, nothing dangerous here — it's just index-filling. but remember: these indices end up in a recipe, so getting them right matters fr fr. 💀

🧚 SEE ALSO 🧚

the friend group is huge, bestie. every single one of these is invited to the group chat:

periodt. that's the whole crew 💜

💫 that's the page, bestie 💫 this one lives in ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice and it's dated October 2026 — mwah, go fill in those field vector indices, you absolute icon 🎀👑🌸

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