ixgbevf_clear_ack_vf(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 ixgbevf_clear_ack_vf — the Kernel API Manual, bestie edition ✨

Okay so this is a page from the Kernel API Manual and it's about one very specific little function, and honestly? She's small but she matters. Let's get into it 🫶

✨ NAME ✨

ixgbevf_clear_ack_vf — clears the PF ACK bit 💅

Like, that's the whole job. One bit. One clear. Iconic, honestly.

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

void ixgbevf_clear_ack_vf (struct ixgbe_hw *hw );

No return value, no drama. She takes one pointer and she dips. Periodt. 💜

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

  • hw — pointer to the HW structure 🧚

That's it. That's the whole guest list. One pointer to the HW structure and we're good to go.

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

Okay so boom — this function is used to clear the PFACK bit in the VFMAILBOX register. That's literally it, and honestly that's her main character energy right there 👑

No cap, she's a one-bit-clearing queen. The PFACK bit, in the VFMAILBOX register, cleared. Done. Slay. 🍓

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

The kernel file she lives in, fr fr:

  • ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/mbx.c

And her whole friend group — the mailbox squad, the whole group chat 🫶:

Like, that's a huge friend group and every single one of them is in the SEE ALSO. We love a connected community 💖

Real talk though: every one of those references is listed above exactly as it appears, so if you need the full squad, they're all right there. Don't @ me if you skip one 🙈

🌈 the little sign-off 🌈

This page came from ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i... (yes, the path gets cut off, that's just how the footer do 💀), dated October 2026, and it's the ixgbevf_clear_ack_vf(9) page. That's the whole footer, bestie — now go clear that ACK bit and live your truth ⭐🔥

kisses, mwah 💋🧚‍♀️

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