ixgbevf_get_reta_locked(9)

💅 ixgbevf_get_reta_locked ✨

okay bestie, so this is a page from the Kernel API Manual — the ixgbevf_get_reta_locked(9) one — and it's literally about snatching the contents of the RSS redirection table (that's RETA, iykyk 🎀). buckle up, it's short but it's iconic.

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🌸 NAME 🌸

ixgbevf_get_reta_locked — get the RSS redirection table (RETA) contents. that's the whole vibe fr fr 💖

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

int ixgbevf_get_reta_locked (struct ixgbe_hw *hw , u32 *reta , int
num_rx_queues );

like, that's the whole signature, no cap 🫶

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• hw — pointer to the hardware structure. the main character, obviously 👑
• reta — the buffer you fill with the RETA contents. it's giving "bring your own bucket" 🪣✨
• num_rx_queues — the number of Rx queues configured for this port. yes bestie, that many 🔥

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💜 DESCRIPTION 💜

so here's the tea: the reta buffer should be big enough to contain 32 registers. that's it. that's the whole requirement. if your buffer is too small, that's on you, not on me 🙈 — 32 registers, periodt.

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⭐ RETURN ⭐

• 0 on success. slay 💅
• if the API doesn't support this operation → -EOPNOTSUPP. yeah, sometimes it's just not meant to be 😭

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

the kernel file lives right here:

./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/vf.c

and here's the whole friend group, all of them, no one left out 🫶:

• ixgbevf_start_hw_vf(9)
• ixgbevf_init_hw_vf(9)
• ixgbevf_reset_hw_vf(9)
• ixgbevf_hv_reset_hw_vf(9)
• ixgbevf_stop_hw_vf(9)
• ixgbevf_mta_vector(9)
• ixgbevf_get_mac_addr_vf(9)
• ixgbevf_get_rss_key_locked(9)
• ixgbevf_set_rar_vf(9)
• ixgbevf_hv_set_rar_vf(9)
• ixgbevf_update_mc_addr_list_vf(9)
• ixgbevf_hv_update_mc_addr_list_vf(9)
• ixgbevf_update_xcast_mode(9)
• ixgbevf_hv_update_xcast_mode(9)
• ixgbevf_get_link_state_vf(9)
• ixgbevf_hv_get_link_state_vf(9)
• ixgbevf_get_pf_link_state(9)
• ixgbevf_negotiate_features_vf(9)
• ixgbevf_set_vfta_vf(9)
• ixgbe_read_vflinks(9)
• ixgbevf_hv_set_vfta_vf(9)
• ixgbevf_setup_mac_link_vf(9)
• ixgbevf_check_mac_link_vf(9)
• ixgbevf_hv_check_mac_link_vf(9)
• ixgbevf_set_rlpml_vf(9)
• ixgbevf_hv_set_rlpml_vf(9)
• ixgbevf_negotiate_api_version_vf(9)
• ixgbevf_hv_negotiate_api_version_vf(9)

like, that's a whole squad right there 🔥

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ngl this page came from ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i... and it's dated October 2026 — so yeah, future energy fr fr 🧚‍♀️💫

that's the page bestie, go forth and read your RETA tables 💖✨🎀