ixgbe_init_ipsec_offload(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💖 ixgbe_init_ipsec_offload — the kernel API manual, bestie edition 💖

okay so you found your way into the ixgbe corner of the kernel, section 9 of the Kernel API Manual, and honestly? iconic. this page is about ixgbe_init_ipsec_offload, and yes it's a mouthful, but it's a whole vibe once you get it.

✨ NAME ✨

ixgbe_init_ipsec_offload — the function that initializes security registers for IPSec operation. that's it, that's the whole job. she sets up the registers so IPSec can actually do its thing. no cap.

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

void ixgbe_init_ipsec_offload (struct ixgbe_adapter *adapter );

notice the void? she returns nothing. she just does. main character energy fr fr. 🫶

🌸 ARGUMENTS 🌸

  • adapter — the board private structure. that's your struct ixgbe_adapter *, the whole little world for this NIC. hand her over and she'll go do register things with it.

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

so going to look at the actual code? the kernel file lives right here, literally:

  • Kernel file ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_ipsec.c

and because this one function does not exist in a vacuum, here's the whole friend group — the entire IPSec ixgbe crew, all in section 9:

like twenty-one besties and they all cross-reference each other. the way that they keep the group chat alive 😭💅

oh and heads up: these (9) suffixes mean you read them with man 9 <name> — that's where the kernel API docs live. iykyk 💜

and that's the page!! mwah 💋

cute little sign-off before you go: this gem is sourced from ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i... (the path gets chopped in the footer, sad but true 🥲) and it's dated October 2026, so go forth and initialize those IPSec registers, bestie. slay. 🌈⭐👑

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