ixgbevf_check_for_msg_vf(9)

🎀 NAME 🎀

ixgbevf_check_for_msg_vf — checks to see if the PF has sent mail. okay bestie, this is the ixgbevf_check_for_msg_vf(9) page from the Kernel API Manual, and it's lowkey a tiny mailbox vibe check. 💌 no cap, the whole function is just “did the PF send me mail or not?”

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

s32 ixgbevf_check_for_msg_vf (struct ixgbe_hw *hw );

🫶 ARGUMENTS 🫶

• hw — pointer to the HW structure. literally the hardware struct, bestie, that's what we're working with. 🛠️

💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

okay so here's the tea: it returns 0 if the PF has set the Status bit, or else ERR_MBX. that's it. that's the whole plot. the way this function is just a yes/no mail check is so iconic. ✨

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

Kernel file ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/mbx.c — the source file, periodt. 💖

• 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_bit_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)

mwah 💋 — sourced from ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i..., dated October 2026. go check your mailbox, bestie, and stay hydrated! 🫶✨