ixgbe_ipsec_start_engine(9)

okay bestie, welcome to the manual page for ixgbe_ipsec_start_engine(9) from the Kernel API Manual — yes, the whole page is about one tiny function, and we're gonna read it together like the group chat. 🫶

💖 NAME 💖

• ixgbe_ipsec_start_engine — that's the name, periodt. The original NAME line is literally the function name and a dash with no description after it, so we are not inventing a blurb. No cap.

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

okay so the signature is exactly this, character for character, no edits:

void ixgbe_ipsec_start_engine (struct ixgbe_adapter *adapter );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• adapter — board private structure. That's the whole argument, bestie. In the synopsis it's typed as struct ixgbe_adapter *, and the original one-liner says "board private structure" — iconic brevity, honestly.

💅 NOTE 💅

⚠️ real talk, bestie: this increases power consumption whether being used or not. Like, even when it's not actively being used, it's still eating power. That's the note. No extra lore, fr fr. 💀

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

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• Kernel file: ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_ipsec.c
• ixgbe_ipsec_set_tx_sa(9)
• ixgbe_ipsec_set_rx_item(9)
• ixgbe_ipsec_set_rx_sa(9)
• ixgbe_ipsec_set_rx_ip(9)
• ixgbe_ipsec_clear_hw_tables(9)
• ixgbe_ipsec_stop_data(9)
• ixgbe_ipsec_stop_engine(9)
• ixgbe_ipsec_restore(9)
• ixgbe_ipsec_find_empty_idx(9)
• ixgbe_ipsec_find_rx_state(9)
• ixgbe_ipsec_parse_proto_keys(9)
• ixgbe_ipsec_check_mgmt_ip(9)
• ixgbe_ipsec_add_sa(9)
• ixgbe_ipsec_del_sa(9)
• ixgbe_ipsec_vf_clear(9)
• ixgbe_ipsec_vf_add_sa(9)
• ixgbe_ipsec_vf_del_sa(9)
• ixgbe_ipsec_tx(9)
• ixgbe_ipsec_rx(9)
• ixgbe_init_ipsec_offload(9)
• ixgbe_stop_ipsec_offload(9)

source/version + date sign-off: the footer has source/version ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i... and date October 2026, and the page is ixgbe_ipsec_start_engine(9). mwah, bye bestie 💋🦋