ixgbevf_clear_msg_vf(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

✨ ixgbevf_clear_msg_vf ✨

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual, section 9 — this little page is all about ixgbevf_clear_msg_vf, like the function name is the manual name, it's giving main character energy fr 💅

🌸 NAME 🌸

ixgbevf_clear_msg_vf — clear PF status bit. that's it, that's the whole vibe. it clears a bit. iconic behaviour honestly 🎀

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

void ixgbevf_clear_msg_vf (struct ixgbe_hw *hw );

literally one argument, returns nothing (void, she doesn't give anything back, queen 🙈), and the code stays exactly like this, no cap ✨

💖 ARGUMENTS 💖

  • hw — pointer to the HW structure. that's the hardware struct, bestie, it's how she knows which hardware she's talking to 🫶

🔥 DESCRIPTION 🔥

so this function is used to clear the PFSTS bit in the VFMAILBOX register. that's the whole job. one bit, one register, and she ate 👑

and because we're keeping it 100 — it says PFSTS and VFMAILBOX exactly like that, capital letters and all, so don't be out here typing it lowercase in your notes 😭

⭐ SEE ALSO ⭐

the whole friend group, in the exact order they were listed, because we don't drop anybody 💜:

like okay go off, mailbox function family, that's a long group chat and every single one of them got invited 🧚✨

tiny note before you go — the footer has the source path trimmed down to ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i... (it's cut off, not a typo, don't try to fix it 💀) and the date on there is October 2026. so yeah.

and that's the page!! mwah 💋 stay hydrated, read your manpages, and remember: ixgbevf_clear_msg_vf(9) — October 2026 — that's the source-and-date recap, you're welcome bestie 🌈🍓💜

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