ixgbe_set_rar_generic(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💖 ixgbe_set_rar_generic(9) 💖

okay so we’re in the Kernel API Manual, section 9, and the function is literally called ixgbe_set_rar_generic. bestie, this one is giving “small but important” energy. 🫶

🌸 NAME 🌸

ixgbe_set_rar_generic — Set Rx address register

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

the signature is right here, no cap:

int ixgbe_set_rar_generic (struct ixgbe_hw *hw , u32 index , u8 *addr ,
       u32 vmdq , u32 enable_addr );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

  • hw — pointer to hardware structure, aka the hardware thing we’re working with ✨
  • index — the receive address register to write
  • addr — the address to put into receive address register
  • vmdq — the VMDq “set” or “pool” index
  • enable_addr — the set flag that says the address is active 💅

💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

Puts an ethernet address into a receive address register. that’s the whole plot, and honestly it ate. 👑

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

Kernel file: ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_common.c

and here’s the whole friend group, all of them, no skips:

okay bye bestie, this page’s source/version energy is ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i... and the date on it is October 2026 — mwah 💋✨

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