ixgbe_fcoe_disable(9)

πŸ“¦ version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

πŸ’– ixgbe_fcoe_disable(9) πŸ’–

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual ✨ this one's a lil function page and it's honestly so straightforward, you're gonna eat this up πŸ“


✨ NAME ✨

ixgbe_fcoe_disable β€” turn off the FCoE offload feature 🫢

like, that's it. that's the whole job. turning the thing off. iconic behaviour honestly πŸ‘‘


🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

int ixgbe_fcoe_disable (struct net_device *netdev );

so you call it, you hand it a netdev, and it gives you back an int. simple. clean. no drama πŸ’…


πŸŽ€ ARGUMENTS πŸŽ€

  • netdev β€” the corresponding netdev, like the net_device that goes with this whole situation πŸ¦‹

πŸ’œ DESCRIPTION πŸ’œ

Turns off the FCoE offload feature in 82599. periodt. ✨

ngl it's giving "one line of lore" but that's genuinely all there is β€” 82599 gets its FCoE offload switched off, and you're done πŸ”₯


⭐ RETURN ⭐

  • 0 indicates success πŸŽ‰
  • -EINVAL on failure 😭

so like… vibe check your return value, bestie. 0? slay. -EINVAL? something was invalid, go look at your netdev πŸ™ˆ


🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

Kernel file ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_fcoe.c β€” the actual source, go read it if you're feeling main character energy πŸ‘‘

and then the whole friend group, fr fr:

lowkey a whole squad πŸ’€πŸ’–


okay and finally, the cute lil sign-off πŸŽ€ this page comes from ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i... and it's dated October 2026 β€” so yeah, mark your calendars bestie, that's the whole vibe πŸ¦‹βœ¨πŸ’…

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