ixgbe_get_p...ount_generic(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💖 ixgbe_get_pcie_msix_count_generic 💖

okay bestie, so this is a page out of the Kernel API Manual — and yeah the title up there is literally the whole function name, we're not hiding anything. it's a lil function, it does one thing, and it does it beautifully. let's get into it 🫶

🌸 NAME 🌸

ixgbe_get_pcie_msix_count_generic — gets the MSI-X vector count. that's it. that's the whole job. iconic behavior honestly ✨

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

the way this function is shaped is so simple, like:

u16 ixgbe_get_pcie_msix_count_generic (struct ixgbe_hw *hw );

it hands you back a u16, and it takes exactly one thing. minimalism. main character energy. 👑

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

  • hw — pointer to hardware structure. that's your hardware struct, bestie, the one that knows things. you gotta pass it in, no cap.

💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

so here's the tea 🍵 — this function reads PCIe configuration space, then it goes and grabs the MSI-X vector count from the capabilities table.

that's literally it. read the config space, hit up the capabilities table, pull the vector count out. lowkey a little detective moment 🔍✨

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

first up, the file it lives in — Kernel file ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_common.c. that's home base 🏠

and then… the friend group. and when i say friend group i mean everyone. this function knows everybody. say hi to the whole ixgbe family 💜:

like i said. everyone. the whole group chat showed up and nobody left anyone on read 💀🫶

ngl bestie, that's the entire page — no options, no env vars, no exit statuses, no bugs listed, no authors, no license text. just one tidy little getter and a truly enormous contact list. periodt. 💅

and that's a wrap, bestie ✨🦋💖 this lil page came from ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i..., dated October 2026, and it signs off the way it started: ixgbe_get_p...ount_generic(9). slay 🎀

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