ixgbe_find_vlvf_slot(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 ixgbe_find_vlvf_slot(9) — the Kernel API Manual, bestie edition 🎀

okay so you opened a page from the Kernel API Manual and it's literally called ixgbe_find_vlvf_slot — yes that's a mouthful, yes it's iconic, we move 💖

✨ NAME ✨

ixgbe_find_vlvf_slot — find the vlanid or the first empty slot 🌸

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

int ixgbe_find_vlvf_slot (struct ixgbe_hw *hw , u32 vlan , bool
vlvf_bypass );

✨ ARGUMENTS ✨

  • hw — pointer to hardware structure 🫶 that's the whole device vibe, don't lose it
  • vlan — VLAN id to write to VLAN filter ✨ the actual number we're hunting for
  • vlvf_bypass — true to find vlanid only, false returns first empty slot if vlanid not found 👀 so like, true = strict mode, false = "if it's not here just gimme an empty seat"

✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

return the VLVF index where this VLAN id should be placed 🎯 that's it, that's the whole thing — it hands you back the index, and you go place your VLAN there. slay.

✨ SEE ALSO ✨

first up, the kernel file this lives in: ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_common.c 📁

and now the full squad, no cap, every single one of them 🦋:

and that's the whole page, bestie, you ate that 🍓💜

so like, the fine print: this came from the source path ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i..., version dated October 2026, and the page is ixgbe_find_vlvf_slot(9) — go forth and find those VLVF slots, periodt 👑✨

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