ixgbe_enable_mc_generic(9)

💖 ixgbe_enable_mc_generic(9) 💖

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual 💅 this one's a lil cutie from the kernel docs — yes, that kernel API manual, the one your CS professor keeps mentioning. grab a strawberry drink 🍓 and let's get into it.

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✨ NAME ✨

ixgbe_enable_mc_generic — enable the multicast address in RAR 🫶

like, yes, that's the whole name. short and iconic, no notes.

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

int ixgbe_enable_mc_generic (struct ixgbe_hw *hw );

that's it. one function, one pointer, and it hands you back an int. main character energy fr fr 👑

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• hw — pointer to hardware structure. literally just a pointer to the hardware struct, that's the whole vibe. no cap.

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🎀 DESCRIPTION 🎀

so what does it do? it enables the multicast address in RAR, and it also enables the use of the multicast hash table. both things. together. slay 💅✨

that's genuinely the entire description — it does the thing, and it does it for you. iykyk. 🌈

not me just vibing with a two-line description — honestly? iconic. the function speaks for itself. 😭

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🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

okay this is the part where the manpage really pops off. every single one of these, bestie, in order, no skips, no casualties:

• 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_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_clear_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)

and yeah, they all live at the kernel file ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_common.c — that's the source of truth, bestie. go read it, it's giving lore. 📖🧚

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and that's the page!! 💜 source/version is ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i... (yes it's truncated like that, don't come for me), dated October 2026, and the page is ixgbe_enable_mc_generic(9) — mwah, thanks for reading, ily, bye 🎀💖🦋