ixgbevf_read_mailbox_vf(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💌 ixgbevf_read_mailbox_vf — the Kernel API Manual, bestie edition

Okay so picture this: it's a kernel API manual page, the name is ixgbevf_read_mailbox_vf(9), and it's literally about reading the VF's mailbox register. That's the whole vibe. Let's get into it 🎀

✨ NAME ✨

ixgbevf_read_mailbox_vf — read VF's mailbox register 💅

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

u32 ixgbevf_read_mailbox_vf (struct ixgbe_hw *hw );

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

  • hw — pointer to the HW structure. that's it, that's the whole input, she's lowkey simple like that 🫶

👑 DESCRIPTION 👑

So this function is used to read the mailbox register dedicated for VF without losing the read to clear status bits. Like, the status bits are precious and we are NOT letting them get eaten by the read. no cap, that's the entire point 🧚

⭐ SEE ALSO ⭐

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

And the whole friend group, in order:

all iconic, all in the same mbx.c cinematic universe 🌈

okay that's the page!! it's from ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i..., dated October 2026, and the whole thing is filed under ixgbevf_read_mailbox_vf(9) — mwah, sending you off with a kiss, go read that register responsibly 💖✨

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