ixgbevf_read_mbx_vf_legacy(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💌 ixgbevf_read_mbx_vf_legacy — like, the whole vibe

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual 🫶 this one's a function page and it's honestly kind of a classic. sit down, grab a boba, we're reading a mailbox 💅

✨ NAME ✨

ixgbevf_read_mbx_vf_legacy — reads a message from the inbox that's meant for the VF 👑 no cap, that's literally the whole job.

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

s32 ixgbevf_read_mbx_vf_legacy (struct ixgbe_hw *hw , u32 *msg , u16 size );

like, three args, one return, it's giving "small but mighty" fr fr ✨

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

  • hw — pointer to the HW structure 💖 you know the one. the hardware. the whole vibe.
  • msg — the message buffer 🦋 this is where the tea gets stored.
  • size — length of buffer 🌸 gotta tell it how much room there is, bestie. boundaries are important.

🔥 DESCRIPTION 🔥

returns 0 if it successfully read the message from the buffer ✨ that's it. that's the description. iconic honestly.

lowkey the shortest description ever but we respect it 👑 zero fluff, all function.

🧚 SEE ALSO 🧚

the kernel file lives at ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/mbx.c 📁 go look, iykyk 💅

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and that's the page!! 🍓 source is ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i... and the date is October 2026 — mwah, era-defining, periodt 🌈💜

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