ixgbevf_set_rar_vf(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 ixgbevf_set_rar_vf(9) — the Kernel API Manual page, bestie edition ✨

Okay so picture this: you're deep in the ixgbevf driver, it's 2am, and you just need to set a device MAC address. That's this function, babes. This page lives in the Kernel API Manual and it's about to tell you everything. 🫶

🌸 NAME 🌸

ixgbevf_set_rar_vf — set device MAC address

Like, that's the whole vibe. It sets the MAC address. Iconic behaviour, no notes. 👑

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

s32 ixgbevf_set_rar_vf (struct ixgbe_hw *hw , u32 index , u8 *addr , u32
vmdq );

That return type is s32, so keep an eye on it, and yes the parameters are spaced all funny like that — we don't touch it, we just vibe with it. 🦋

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

  • hw — pointer to hardware structure. Your main character, fr fr. 💖
  • index — Receive address register to write. This is literally which slot you're writing into, bestie. 🗂️
  • addr — Address to put into receive address register. The actual MAC address itself, the whole point of the operation. 🌟
  • vmdq — Unused in this implementation. Not me showing up to the function and contributing nothing 😭 — but okay, we respect the bit, it's still in the signature and we still pass it. 💀

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

Bestie, buckle up, because this is a whole friend group. First off, the kernel file this beauty lives in:

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

And now the crew, all listed, none skipped, because we do NOT leave anyone out of the group chat: 💜

ngl, if you got here by scrolling the whole vf.c symbol soup, drink some water 🍓. You're doing amazing, sweetie.

And that's the page! Source path is ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i... (yes it really does trail off like that, we did not do that, the manpage did 😭) and it's dated October 2026. Byeee, go set that MAC address, you've got this 💖✨🎀🦋🌈⭐🧚👑

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