ice_is_vc_addr_primary(9)

🌸 NAME 🌸

ice_is_vc_addr_primary — check if the MAC address is the VF's primary MAC. And yup, bestie, this is the ice_is_vc_addr_primary(9) page from the Kernel API Manual, so let's get into it 💖

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

bool ice_is_vc_addr_primary (struct virtchnl_ether_addr *vc_ether_addr
       );

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• vc_ether_addr — a VIRTCHNL structure that contains MAC and type. That's the whole argument, no cap 💅

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💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

The rule is strict, bestie: ice_is_vc_addr_primary should only be called when the MAC address inside virtchnl_ether_addr is a valid unicast MAC.

Lowkey important: valid unicast MAC only. That's the vibe check it has to pass before you call it 🫶

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🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

Kernel file: ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/virt/virtchnl.c — that's where it lives.

And here's the whole (9) squad, fr fr:

• ice_vc_vf_broadcast(9)
• ice_set_pfe_link(9)
• ice_vc_notify_vf_link_state(9)
• ice_vc_notify_link_state(9)
• ice_vc_notify_reset(9)
• ice_vc_send_msg_to_vf(9)
• ice_vc_get_ver_msg(9)
• ice_vc_get_vlan_caps(9)
• ice_vc_get_vf_res_msg(9)
• ice_vc_reset_vf_msg(9)
• ice_vc_isvalid_vsi_id(9)
• ice_vc_get_qos_caps(9)
• ice_vc_cfg_promiscuous_mode_msg(9)
• ice_vc_get_stats_msg(9)
• ice_can_vf_change_mac(9)
• ice_vc_ether_addr_type(9)
• ice_is_vc_addr_legacy(9)
• ice_vfhw_mac_add(9)
• ice_is_mc_lldp_eth_addr(9)
• ice_vc_can_add_mac(9)
• ice_vc_add_mac_addr(9)
• ice_is_legacy_umac_expired(9)
• ice_update_legacy_cached_mac(9)
• ice_vfhw_mac_del(9)
• ice_vc_del_mac_addr(9)
• ice_vc_handle_mac_addr_msg(9)
• ice_vc_add_mac_addr_msg(9)
• ice_vc_del_mac_addr_msg(9)
• ice_vf_vlan_offload_ena(9)
• ice_is_vlan_promisc_allowed(9)
• ice_vf_ena_vlan_promisc(9)
• ice_vf_dis_vlan_promisc(9)
• ice_vf_has_max_vlans(9)
• ice_vc_process_vlan_msg(9)
• ice_vc_add_vlan_msg(9)
• ice_vc_remove_vlan_msg(9)
• ice_vsi_is_rxq_crc_strip_dis(9)
• ice_vc_ena_vlan_stripping(9)
• ice_vc_dis_vlan_stripping(9)
• ice_vc_query_rxdid(9)
• ice_vf_init_vlan_stripping(9)
• ice_vf_outer_vlan_not_allowed(9)
• ice_vc_set_dvm_caps(9)
• ice_vc_set_svm_caps(9)
• ice_vc_get_offload_vlan_v2_caps(9)
• ice_vc_validate_vlan_tpid(9)
• ice_vc_is_valid_vlan(9)
• ice_vc_validate_vlan_filter_list(9)
• ice_vc_to_vlan(9)
• ice_vc_vlan_action(9)
• ice_vc_del_vlans(9)
• ice_vc_remove_vlan_v2_msg(9)
• ice_vc_add_vlans(9)
• ice_vc_validate_add_vlan_filter_list(9)
• ice_vc_add_vlan_v2_msg(9)
• ice_vc_valid_vlan_setting(9)
• ice_vc_valid_vlan_setting_msg(9)
• ice_vc_get_tpid(9)
• ice_vc_ena_vlan_offload(9)
• ice_vc_ena_vlan_stripping_v2_msg(9)
• ice_vc_dis_vlan_stripping_v2_msg(9)
• ice_vc_ena_vlan_insertion_v2_msg(9)
• ice_vc_dis_vlan_insertion_v2_msg(9)
• ice_virtchnl_set_dflt_ops(9)
• ice_vc_repr_add_mac(9)
• ice_vc_repr_del_mac(9)
• ice_virtchnl_set_repr_ops(9)
• ice_is_malicious_vf(9)
• ice_vc_process_vf_msg(9)

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Okay bye bestie! Footer/source-version vibe: ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i... and date October 2026 — ice_is_vc_addr_primary(9) signing off 💖✨