ice_pkg_buf_...ngle_section(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 NAME 💅

Okay so bestie, the function is ice_pkg_buf_alloc_single_section — that's the whole name section, and the little dash after it is followed by… nothing. Empty. A mystery. The manpage said "and then no description" and honestly? Main character energy. We move.

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

struct ice_buf_build * ice_pkg_buf_alloc_single_section (struct ice_hw
*hw , u32 type , u16 size , void **section );

That's the whole vibe check: it hands you back a struct ice_buf_build *, and it wants four things from you. Scroll down, I'll introduce you 🫶

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

  • hw — a pointer to the HW structure. Your hardware bestie. Show them some respect.
  • type — the section type value. Yes, this is the section's whole personality.
  • size — the size of the section you wanna reserve, and it's measured in bytes (so no funny business with kilobytes, iykyk).
  • section — this one returns a pointer to the section. It's a void **, so it's giving "I'll fill in your pointer for you" energy.

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

So what does it actually do? It allocates a package buffer with a single section. That's the whole plot. One buffer, one section, no drama. Lowkey iconic for how simple it is 💖

🌸 NOTE 🌸

🚨 Real talk, bestie, don't skip this one: all package contents must be in Little Endian form. No cap. Every byte. Little Endian or bust 💀

⭐ SEE ALSO ⭐

Starting with the kernel file, because the source is the moment:

  • Kernel file ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_ddp.c

And now the whole friend group, in the exact order they were introduced — no one gets left behind, periodt:

✨ and that's the whole page, bestie ✨ This one ships out of ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice — dated October 2026 — and it's filed under ice_pkg_buf_...ngle_section(9), which, yes, is a truncated name, and yes, we're obsessed with it anyway 🫶💜

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