ixgbe_clear_vfta_generic(9)

💅 ixgbe_clear_vfta_generic — clear the VLAN filter table

ok so real talk, bestie: you're reading a page straight out of the Kernel API Manual, and the star of the show is ixgbe_clear_vfta_generic. It's giving "quiet little helper function that does one job and does it flawlessly." No cap. 🎀

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

int ixgbe_clear_vfta_generic (struct ixgbe_hw *hw );

That's the whole vibe check: one arg in, an int out. She's lowkey elegant. 🦋

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🌸 ARGUMENTS 🌸

• hw — pointer to hardware structure. like, the actual hardware struct. hand her the keys and she'll go do her thing 💖

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🫶 DESCRIPTION 🫶

Okay so here's the tea: this function clears the VLAN filter table, and it also clears the VMDq index that's associated with the filter. Both. In one go. Ate and left no crumbs. ✨

That's literally it — she's not here to overcomplicate your life, she's here to wipe the filter table clean so the next round of filtering starts fresh. Iconic behavior, honestly. 👑

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🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

The kernel file this lives in:

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

And bestie, the friend group is huge. Prepare yourself. 💀

• ixgbe_device_supports_autoneg_fc(9), ixgbe_setup_fc_generic(9), ixgbe_start_hw_generic(9), ixgbe_start_hw_gen2(9)
• ixgbe_init_hw_generic(9), ixgbe_clear_hw_cntrs_generic(9), ixgbe_read_pba_string_generic(9), ixgbe_get_mac_addr_generic(9)
• ixgbe_get_bus_info_generic(9), ixgbe_set_lan_id_multi_port_pcie(9), ixgbe_stop_adapter_generic(9), ixgbe_init_led_link_act_generic(9)
• ixgbe_led_on_generic(9), ixgbe_led_off_generic(9), ixgbe_init_eeprom_params_generic(9)
• ixgbe_write_eeprom_buffer_bit_bang_generic(9), ixgbe_write_eeprom_buffer_bit_bang(9), ixgbe_write_eeprom_generic(9)
• ixgbe_read_eeprom_buffer_bit_bang_generic(9), ixgbe_read_eeprom_buffer_bit_bang(9)
• ixgbe_read_eeprom_bit_bang_generic(9), ixgbe_read_eerd_buffer_generic(9)
• ixgbe_detect_eeprom_page_size_generic(9), ixgbe_read_eerd_generic(9)
• ixgbe_write_eewr_buffer_generic(9), ixgbe_write_eewr_generic(9)
• ixgbe_poll_eerd_eewr_done(9), ixgbe_acquire_eeprom(9), ixgbe_get_eeprom_semaphore(9), ixgbe_release_eeprom_semaphore(9)
• ixgbe_ready_eeprom(9), ixgbe_standby_eeprom(9)
• ixgbe_shift_out_eeprom_bits(9), ixgbe_shift_in_eeprom_bits(9)
• ixgbe_raise_eeprom_clk(9), ixgbe_lower_eeprom_clk(9), ixgbe_release_eeprom(9)
• ixgbe_calc_eeprom_checksum_generic(9), ixgbe_validate_eeprom_checksum_generic(9), ixgbe_update_eeprom_checksum_generic(9)
• ixgbe_set_rar_generic(9), ixgbe_clear_rar_generic(9), ixgbe_init_rx_addrs_generic(9)
• ixgbe_mta_vector(9), ixgbe_set_mta(9), ixgbe_update_mc_addr_list_generic(9)
• ixgbe_enable_mc_generic(9), ixgbe_disable_mc_generic(9), ixgbe_fc_enable_generic(9)
• ixgbe_negotiate_fc(9), ixgbe_fc_autoneg_fiber(9), ixgbe_fc_autoneg_backplane(9), ixgbe_fc_autoneg_copper(9), ixgbe_fc_autoneg(9)
• ixgbe_pcie_timeout_poll(9), ixgbe_disable_pcie_primary(9)
• ixgbe_acquire_swfw_sync(9), ixgbe_release_swfw_sync(9)
• prot_autoc_read_generic(9), prot_autoc_write_generic(9)
• ixgbe_disable_rx_buff_generic(9), ixgbe_enable_rx_buff_generic(9), ixgbe_enable_rx_dma_generic(9)
• ixgbe_blink_led_start_generic(9), ixgbe_blink_led_stop_generic(9)
• ixgbe_get_san_mac_addr_offset(9), ixgbe_get_san_mac_addr_generic(9), ixgbe_get_pcie_msix_count_generic(9)
• ixgbe_clear_vmdq_generic(9), ixgbe_set_vmdq_generic(9), ixgbe_set_vmdq_san_mac_generic(9)
• ixgbe_init_uta_tables_generic(9), ixgbe_find_vlvf_slot(9), ixgbe_set_vfta_generic(9)
• ixgbe_need_crosstalk_fix(9), ixgbe_check_mac_link_generic(9), ixgbe_get_wwn_prefix_generic(9)
• ixgbe_set_mac_anti_spoofing(9), ixgbe_set_vlan_anti_spoofing(9), ixgbe_get_device_caps_generic(9)
• ixgbe_set_rxpba_generic(9), ixgbe_calculate_checksum(9), ixgbe_hic_unlocked(9)
• ixgbe_host_interface_command(9), ixgbe_set_fw_drv_ver_generic(9), ixgbe_clear_tx_pending(9)
• ixgbe_get_ets_data(9), ixgbe_get_thermal_sensor_data_generic(9), ixgbe_init_thermal_sensor_thresh_generic(9)
• ixgbe_get_orom_version(9), ixgbe_get_oem_prod_version(9), ixgbe_get_etk_id(9)
• ixgbe_setup_mac_link_multispeed_fiber(9), ixgbe_set_soft_rate_select_speed(9)

Like I said. a whole friend group. Go say hi, iykyk 🌈

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ngl there are no warnings or gotchas on this page — she's a straightforward girlie. Just pass her a valid hw pointer and let her cook. 🍓

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k bye bestie!! this page came from ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i... and it's dated October 2026 — mwah, see u in the kernel tree 💜🧚‍♀️