ixgbevf_ipse...e_proto_keys(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💖 ixgbevf_ipsec_parse_proto_keys(9) 💖

okay so bestie, we're in the Kernel API Manual, section 9, and today's main character is ixgbevf_ipsec_parse_proto_keys — yes the header lowkey truncates it to ixgbevf_ipse...e_proto_keys(9) but we know her full name and we're gonna say it with our whole chest 🫶

✨ NAME ✨

ixgbevf_ipsec_parse_proto_keys — literally just finding the key and the salt based on the protocol 💅

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

int ixgbevf_ipsec_parse_proto_keys (struct net_device *dev , struct
xfrm_state *xs , u32 *mykey , u32 *mysalt );

no cap, that's the whole signature, copy it exactly pls 🎀

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

  • dev — pointer to the net device we're gonna program, she's the one getting the glow-up ✨
  • xs — pointer to the xfrm_state struct, this is where the vibes (and the protocol info) live
  • mykey — pointer to the key array we're populating — fill her up bestie 🔥
  • mysalt — pointer to the salt value we're populating, yes it's called salt, no it's not for fries 😭

🧚 DESCRIPTION 🧚

so what she actually does: this copies the protocol keys and the salt over into our own data tables 💾✨ that's it, that's the job, and she does it flawlessly.

and here's the little caveat to keep in your notes app — the 82599 family only supports the one algorithm. one. singular. that's the vibe check and it passed 👑

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

Kernel file ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/ipsec.c — go read the source, iykyk 📖

the whole friend group fr fr, she's never alone 💜

and that's the page!! source is ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i... (yes it's cut off in the footer, she's mysterious like that 🙈) and the date stamp says October 2026 — so mark your calendar babe, this one's from the future ⭐💅 periodt.
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