ixgbevf_check_for_bit_vf(9)

💖 ixgbevf_check_for_bit_vf 💖

okay so welcome to the Kernel API Manual, bestie — today’s main character is ixgbevf_check_for_bit_vf, and she is here to Determine if a status bit was set. periodt. ✨

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🎀 NAME 🎀

ixgbevf_check_for_bit_vf — Determine if a status bit was set 💅

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

s32 ixgbevf_check_for_bit_vf (struct ixgbe_hw *hw , u32 mask );

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💅 ARGUMENTS 💅

• hw — pointer to the HW structure 🫶
• mask — bitmask for bits to be tested and cleared ✨

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

okay so this function is literally used to check for the read to clear bits within the V2P mailbox. that’s the whole vibe — it’s giving “status bit detective” energy, and honestly? iconic. 💖

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• Kernel file ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/mbx.c 📁
• ixgbevf_poll_for_msg(9)
• ixgbevf_poll_for_ack(9)
• ixgbevf_read_mailbox_vf(9)
• ixgbevf_clear_msg_vf(9)
• ixgbevf_clear_ack_vf(9)
• ixgbevf_clear_rst_vf(9)
• ixgbevf_check_for_msg_vf(9)
• ixgbevf_check_for_ack_vf(9)
• ixgbevf_check_for_rst_vf(9)
• ixgbevf_obtain_mbx_lock_vf(9)
• ixgbevf_release_mbx_lock_vf(9)
• ixgbevf_release_mbx_lock_vf_legacy(9)
• ixgbevf_write_mbx_vf(9)
• ixgbevf_write_mbx_vf_legacy(9)
• ixgbevf_read_mbx_vf(9)
• ixgbevf_read_mbx_vf_legacy(9)
• ixgbevf_init_mbx_params_vf(9)
• ixgbevf_poll_mbx(9)
• ixgbevf_write_mbx(9)

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made with 💖 by the mbx besties — source/version: ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i... · October 2026 🎀✨