ice_imem_alu_init(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

✨ ice_imem_alu_init(9) — from the Kernel API Manual ✨

okay so bestie, welcome to the group chat 💅 this is ice_imem_alu_init(9), one little page out of the whole Kernel API Manual, and yes it is exactly as niche as it sounds. we're parsing 96 bits of an ALU entry. that's it. that's the whole vibe. slay 🎀

💖 NAME 💖

ice_imem_alu_init — the function that parses 96 bits of an ALU entry 🦋

like, literally its whole personality is "i take those 96 bits and i make sense of them." main character energy fr fr.

⭐ SYNOPSIS ⭐

void ice_imem_alu_init (struct ice_alu *alu , u8 *data , u8 off );

it returns void, bestie — nothing comes back out, the work happens in place. no cap. 🔥

🌸 ARGUMENTS 🌸

three of them. not two, not four. three. let's go 🫶

  • alu — a pointer to the ALU entry structure 💜 this is the thing getting filled in, the little container that's about to be all parsed and gorgeous.
  • data — the ALU entry data that's gonna get parsed 🌈 this is the raw material, the stuff we're reading from.
  • off — the offset of the ALU entry data 📍 like, where in the data we're supposed to start looking. mind the offset, it matters.

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

okay so this part is long, and i'm not skipping a single one of these because they're all part of the family. buckle up, bestie 💀 first up, the kernel file this whole thing lives in:

Kernel file ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_parser.c

and now, the icons themselves, in order, no cuts, no edits, no "etc." 🧚✨

and that's the page, bestie 🫶 go parse those 96 bits, you're gonna absolutely ate it 💅

source: ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice · October 2026 — mwah, this page is officially signed off, see u in the next manpage 🎀💖✨

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