ixgbevf_poll_for_ack(9)

💌 ixgbevf_poll_for_ack — wait for message acknowledgment 💌

okay so this is a page straight outta the Kernel API Manual bestie, and it's tiny but it's mighty — let's get into it 🫶

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🌸 NAME 🌸

ixgbevf_poll_for_ack — literally just sits there and waits for a message acknowledgment. that's the whole job. iconic honestly 💅

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

s32 ixgbevf_poll_for_ack (struct ixgbe_hw *hw );

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• hw — pointer to the HW structure. that's it, that's the only thing she needs 🦋

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💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

so like, it returns 0 if it successfully received a message acknowledgment. no cap, that's the entire plot 🍓

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

the kernel file lives here bestie, go peek:

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

and the whole friend group shows up too 💜:

• ixgbevf_poll_for_msg(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_msg_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)

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and that's the whole page, mwah 💋 this lil gem comes from ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i... and it's dated October 2026 — screenshot it, cite it, love it, byeee 🌈⭐🎀