ixgbe_disable_mdd_x550(9)

💅 ixgbe_disable_mdd_x550(9) — from the Kernel API Manual 🎀

okay so bestie, we're in the Kernel API Manual today and the star of the show is ixgbe_disable_mdd_x550 💖 lowkey one of the most satisfying little functions out there, because it does exactly one thing and it does it with main character energy.

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✨ NAME ✨

ixgbe_disable_mdd_x550 — literally just turn off malicious driver detection 🚫🕵️‍♀️

ngl the name kind of ate, it tells you everything: MDD = malicious driver detection, and we are DISABLING it, periodt.

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

void ixgbe_disable_mdd_x550 (struct ixgbe_hw *hw );

that's it. that's the whole vibe. returns nothing (void, icon behavior ✨) and takes one single argument. clean. minimal. obsessed.

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• hw — pointer to hardware structure 💅 yeah she's a pointer, she points at the hardware struct, that's her whole job. treat her right and she'll treat you right fr fr.

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🎀 SEE ALSO 🎀

okay this is the part where the manpage pulls out the entire friend group 😭 like genuinely, this is a whole group chat and every single one of them is here. no cap, here's the full roster, everybody gets their moment:

• ixgbe_read_cs4227(9)
• ixgbe_write_cs4227(9)
• ixgbe_read_pe(9)
• ixgbe_write_pe(9)
• ixgbe_reset_cs4227(9)
• ixgbe_check_cs4227(9)
• ixgbe_read_i2c_combined_generic(9)
• ixgbe_read_i2c_combined_generic_unlocked(9)
• ixgbe_write_i2c_combined_generic(9)
• ixgbe_write_i2c_combined_generic_unlocked(9)
• ixgbe_fw_phy_activity(9)
• ixgbe_get_phy_id_fw(9)
• ixgbe_identify_phy_fw(9)
• ixgbe_shutdown_fw_phy(9)
• ixgbe_setup_fw_link(9)
• ixgbe_fc_autoneg_fw(9)
• ixgbe_iosf_wait(9)
• ixgbe_get_phy_token(9)
• ixgbe_put_phy_token(9)
• ixgbe_write_iosf_sb_reg_x550a(9)
• ixgbe_read_iosf_sb_reg_x550a(9)
• ixgbe_get_bus_info_X550em(9)
• ixgbe_fw_recovery_mode_X550(9)
• ixgbe_setup_ixfi_x550em_x(9)
• ixgbe_restart_an_internal_phy_x550em(9)
• ixgbe_supported_sfp_modules_X550em(9)
• ixgbe_setup_mac_link_sfp_x550em(9)
• ixgbe_setup_sfi_x550a(9)
• ixgbe_setup_mac_link_sfp_n(9)
• ixgbe_setup_mac_link_sfp_x550a(9)
• ixgbe_setup_mac_link_t_X550em(9)
• ixgbe_setup_sgmii(9)
• ixgbe_setup_sgmii_fw(9)
• ixgbe_fc_autoneg_sgmii_x550em_a(9)
• ixgbe_get_lasi_ext_t_x550em(9)
• ixgbe_enable_lasi_ext_t_x550em(9)
• ixgbe_handle_lasi_ext_t_x550em(9)
• ixgbe_setup_kr_speed_x550em(9)
• ixgbe_setup_kr_x550em(9)
• ixgbe_led_on_t_x550em(9)
• ixgbe_led_off_t_x550em(9)
• ixgbe_set_fw_drv_ver_x550(9)
• ixgbe_setup_fc_x550em(9)
• ixgbe_fc_autoneg_backplane_x550em_a(9)
• ixgbe_fc_autoneg_fiber_x550em_a(9)
• ixgbe_reset_phy_fw(9)
• ixgbe_check_overtemp_fw(9)
• ixgbe_read_mng_if_sel_x550em(9)
• ixgbe_set_mdio_speed(9)
• ixgbe_setup_fc_backplane_x550em_a(9)
• ixgbe_set_mux(9)
• ixgbe_acquire_swfw_sync_X550em(9)
• ixgbe_release_swfw_sync_X550em(9)
• ixgbe_acquire_swfw_sync_x550em_a(9)
• ixgbe_release_swfw_sync_x550em_a(9)
• ixgbe_read_phy_reg_x550a(9)
• ixgbe_write_phy_reg_x550a(9)
• ixgbe_enable_mdd_x550(9)
• ixgbe_restore_mdd_vf_x550(9)
• ixgbe_handle_mdd_x550(9)

look at that list 😭 sixty whole siblings. the family reunion is real. and yes, ixgbe_enable_mdd_x550(9) is right there — the literal opposite of us — so if you ever change your mind, she's one call away 🫶

🧚 where she actually lives

the kernel file is at:

./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_x550.c

that's the source of truth bestie, go read it, it's giving "I have lore" 💜

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🌈 cute sign-off 🌈

this page came to you from the source path ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i... (truncated, she's mysterious like that 🙈) and it's dated October 2026 ⭐ so yes, this documentation is literally from the future. iykyk. drink water, ixgbe_disable_mdd_x550 your enemies, and stan kernel docs 🎀💖✨