ixgbe_parse_dev_caps(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💖 ixgbe_parse_dev_caps(9) 💖

okay so bestie, welcome to the ixgbe_parse_dev_caps(9) page from the Kernel API Manual — yes that's the manual name, i'm folding it in instead of doing the boring header thing, you're welcome 🫶

✨ NAME ✨

ixgbe_parse_dev_caps — parse device capabilities, that's literally the whole job, no cap 💅

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

void ixgbe_parse_dev_caps (struct ixgbe_hw *hw , struct
ixgbe_hw_dev_caps *dev_p , void *buf , u32 cap_count );

like, that's the signature, don't @ me, it's exactly what it is 🌸

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

  • hw — pointer to the HW struct, the main character of this whole operation 👑
  • dev_p — pointer to device capabilities structure — this is where the extracted data goes, it's giving output-parameter energy
  • buf — buffer containing the device capability records, the raw material fr
  • cap_count — the number of capabilities, so it knows how many records to walk through

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

Girl. Okay. So this is a helper — literally "Helper device to parse device (0x000B) capabilities list." Note that 0x000B bestie, it matters 💯

And here's the lil collab moment: for capabilities that are shared between device and function, this function relies on ixgbe_parse_e610_caps. iykyk 🤝

Then the actual work? It loops through the list of provided capabilities and extracts the relevant data into the device capabilities structure. That's it, that's the vibe — loop, extract, done, periodt ✨

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

First up, the kernel file where this lives:

  • Kernel file ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_e610.c

and then the whole entire friend group 💖:

okay that's the whole page bestie, nothing skipped, nothing dropped, we ate and left no crumbs 🍓

sign-off time: this came from the source/version <pink>./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i...</pink> (yeah it's truncated in the original, that's just how it is, don't come for me 😭) and it's dated October 2026 ✨ go read it again if you need to, ily, bye 💜🧚

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