ixgbe_set_vmdq_generic(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💖 ixgbe_set_vmdq_generic(9) 💖

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual — yes that's the manual name, we're fancy here. this page is about one tiny function that does one tiny thing, and honestly? it ate. let's get into it ✨

🎀 NAME 🎀

ixgbe_set_vmdq_generic — the function that associates a VMDq pool index with an rx address. that's it. that's the whole job. main character behavior fr 💅

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

int ixgbe_set_vmdq_generic (struct ixgbe_hw *hw , u32 rar , u32 vmdq );

she returns an int, she takes three args, she's booked and busy 💖

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

  • hw — pointer to hardware struct. like, the hardware's whole personality in one struct, lowkey iconic 👑
  • rar — receive address register index to associate with a VMDq index. yes it's a register index, yes it's picky about it, respect her 🎀
  • vmdq — VMDq pool index. the pool she's getting matched with. it's giving matchmaker energy 🫶

⭐ SEE ALSO ⭐

first up, the source file, obviously — she lives here:

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

and now the entire extended friend group because this manpage said "no bestie left behind" 🌈

🌱 autoneg + hw startup era

💡 led girlies

🍓 eeprom nation (so many of them, ngl)

🧚 rar + rx addresses

🌸 multicast mta crew

💜 flow control squad

🔥 pcie + swfw sync

👑 san mac, msix, vmdq + vfta (our function's direct neighbors 💖)

⭐ device caps, hw commands + firmware

🌈 thermal sensors + version stuff

and that's the whole page bestie, no cap, every single reference accounted for 💅🫶

the footer says the source lives at ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i... (truncated, crying 😭) and it's dated October 2026, all stamped with ixgbe_set_vmdq_generic(9) — so like, cite her properly, periodt ✨🎀
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