ixgbe_clear_rar_generic(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 ixgbe_clear_rar_generic 💅

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual ✨ (yes that's the manual name, we're fancy here) and today's main character is ixgbe_clear_rar_generic — the little function whose whole entire job is removing a receive address register. she's giving cleanup crew energy and honestly? we stan. 🧹💖

🌸 NAME 🌸

ixgbe_clear_rar_generic — Remove Rx address register 🎀

like literally, that's the whole vibe. no cap.

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

int ixgbe_clear_rar_generic (struct ixgbe_hw *hw , u32 index );

she takes two things and hands you back an int. iconic behavior fr fr. 👑

🫶 ARGUMENTS 🫶

  • hw — pointer to hardware structure. yes bestie, that's the hardware herself, we're being handed a pointer to her. handle with care 💅
  • index — Receive address register to write. that's which one you're targeting, be specific 🎯

💜 DESCRIPTION 💜

Clears an ethernet address from a receive address register. 🦋

that's it. that's the whole thing. she takes one of those ethernet addresses chilling in a receive address register and clears it right out. simple, effective, lowkey perfect. the way that she just… removes it. 💀✨

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

hiii bestie here's the entire extended friend group 💖 every single one of these, no skipping, we don't do that here 🙈

the kernel file:

  • ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_common.c

the whole squad (yes all of them):

okay that's a LOT of friends but we love them all equally 💖 go read them, iykyk 🫶

that's the whole page bestie!! mwah 💋 this cutie came from the source/version located at ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i... and she's dated October 2026 🌸 and the page itself signs off as ixgbe_clear_rar_generic(9) — periodt. 💅✨🎀

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