ixgbe_enable_mdd_x550(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💖 ixgbe_enable_mdd_x550(9) 💖

okay so bestie, welcome to the kernel API manual for ixgbe_enable_mdd_x550 — yes that's the whole title, yes it's a mouthful, no we're not changing it 🫶

✨ NAME ✨

ixgbe_enable_mdd_x550 — enable malicious driver detection 💅

like, it literally turns on the thing that catches drivers being shady. main character energy for your NIC's security fr fr.

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

void ixgbe_enable_mdd_x550 (struct ixgbe_hw *hw );

that's it. that's the whole call. no return value, no drama, just vibes and one pointer ✨

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

  • hw — pointer to hardware structure. yep, that's the one (1) argument, and it's giving "you already know" — it's the hardware struct, hand it over and let the function cook 🍓

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

the kernel file lives at ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_x550.c — go read it, it's right there 👑

and here's the whole squad, no cap, every single one of them:

like I said. whole. squad. 💜

ngl the related-pages list is longer than my screen time report, but every single one of these is a real sibling and they all slay in their own way 🌈

mwah 💋 — this page came from ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i... and it's dated October 2026, so jot that down bestie, and go enable that malicious driver detection, periodt ✨🎀🦋

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