ipa_cmd_table_init_add(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 ipa_cmd_table_init_add(9) 💅

okay so bestie, you're reading the Kernel API Manual entry for ipa_cmd_table_init_add — yes THAT one, the table init command adder. sit down, hydrate, let's go 🫶

✨ NAME ✨

ipa_cmd_table_init_add — adds a table init command to a transaction, literally what it says on the tin 💖

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

void ipa_cmd_table_init_add (struct gsi_trans *trans , enum
       ipa_cmd_opcode opcode , u16 size , u32 offset , dma_addr_t addr , u16
       hash_size , u32 hash_offset , dma_addr_t hash_addr );

like, that's a LOT of parameters babe, but we're gonna get through them together, one by one, no cap 🔥

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

  • trans — GSI transaction. the whole vibe container for the operation, iykyk
  • opcode — IPA immediate command opcode. tells it which command we're doing (it's an enum ipa_cmd_opcode, keep up 💅)
  • size — size of non-hashed routing table memory
  • offset — offset in IPA shared memory of non-hashed routing table memory
  • addr — DMA address of non-hashed table data to write
  • hash_size — size of hashed routing table memory
  • hash_offset — offset in IPA shared memory of hashed routing table memory
  • hash_addr — DMA address of hashed table data to write

see? not scary, just long. you got this 😤

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

okay so the one actually important little detail here:

if hash_size is 0, then hash_offset and hash_addr are ignored. like, they're literally not even looked at. so don't stress about filling those in when there's no hash table in play — they're giving background extra energy, not main character energy 💀

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

bestie the whole friend group is in the kernel file ./drivers/net/ipa/ipa_cmd.h, please go say hi 👑

like literally the entire crew, go read them all, i'll wait 🍓

and that's a wrap bestie!! this page lives in ./drivers/net/ipa and it's dated October 2026 — so it's from the future?? slay, we stan a time-traveling manpage 🧚💜 mwah, go write your table init commands, you're gonna ate 💅✨

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