ixgbevf_set_rx_mode(9)

💅 ixgbevf_set_rx_mode(9) — bestie's edition

okay so this page is straight out of the Kernel API Manual, section 9, and it's all about ixgbevf_set_rx_mode. it's short, it's sweet, it's giving "one job, done correctly." let's get into it 🎀

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✨ NAME ✨

ixgbevf_set_rx_mode — the multicast-and-unicast setter. that's it, that's the whole vibe. 🦋

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

void ixgbevf_set_rx_mode (struct net_device *netdev );

no return value, no drama, just vibes and a netdev. periodt.

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🧚 ARGUMENTS 🧚

• netdev — the network interface device structure. that's the whole argument list bestie, one (1) pointer, we love a low-maintenance function signature. 🫶

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🔥 DESCRIPTION 🔥

okay so here's the tea. the set_rx_method entry point gets called whenever the multicast address list, the unicast address list, or the network interface flags get updated. so yeah, it's on speed dial. 😭

and this routine has two jobs, both iconic:

• configuring the hardware for proper multicast mode 👑
• configuring the requested unicast filters ✨

that's literally it. it shows up when the lists change, it makes the hardware behave, it leaves. main character energy but make it a callback. 💅

ngl this is one of those "small function, big responsibility" situations — it's the entry point, so when the address lists or flags move, this is what the kernel calls. no cap.

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

buckle up bestie, this is a long list — the whole ixgbevf family reunion is here. every single one, i'm not skipping a single name, we don't do that here 💖

• the kernel file itself: ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/ixgbevf_main.c — go read the source, iykyk 📖
• ixgbevf_set_ivar(9), ixgbevf_tx_timeout(9), ixgbevf_clean_tx_irq(9)
• ixgbevf_rx_skb(9), ixgbevf_rx_checksum(9), ixgbevf_process_skb_fields(9)
• ixgbevf_is_non_eop(9), ixgbevf_alloc_rx_buffers(9), ixgbevf_cleanup_headers(9)
• ixgbevf_reuse_rx_page(9), ixgbevf_add_rx_frag(9), ixgbevf_poll(9)
• ixgbevf_write_eitr(9), ixgbevf_configure_msix(9), ixgbevf_update_itr(9)
• ixgbevf_msix_clean_rings(9), ixgbevf_request_msix_irqs(9), ixgbevf_request_irq(9)
• ixgbevf_irq_disable(9), ixgbevf_irq_enable(9), ixgbevf_configure_tx_ring(9)
• ixgbevf_configure_tx(9), ixgbevf_init_rss_key(9), ixgbevf_configure_rx(9)
• ixgbevf_set_features(9), ixgbevf_clean_rx_ring(9), ixgbevf_clean_tx_ring(9)
• ixgbevf_clean_all_rx_rings(9), ixgbevf_clean_all_tx_rings(9), ixgbevf_set_num_queues(9)
• ixgbevf_set_interrupt_capability(9), ixgbevf_alloc_q_vector(9), ixgbevf_free_q_vector(9)
• ixgbevf_alloc_q_vectors(9), ixgbevf_free_q_vectors(9), ixgbevf_reset_interrupt_capability(9)
• ixgbevf_init_interrupt_scheme(9), ixgbevf_clear_interrupt_scheme(9), ixgbevf_sw_init(9)
• ixgbevf_update_stats(9), ixgbevf_service_timer(9), ixgbevf_check_hang_subtask(9)
• ixgbevf_watchdog_update_link(9), ixgbevf_watchdog_link_is_up(9), ixgbevf_watchdog_link_is_down(9)
• ixgbevf_watchdog_subtask(9), ixgbevf_service_task(9), ixgbevf_free_tx_resources(9)
• ixgbevf_free_all_tx_resources(9), ixgbevf_setup_tx_resources(9), ixgbevf_setup_all_tx_resources(9)
• ixgbevf_setup_rx_resources(9), ixgbevf_setup_all_rx_resources(9), ixgbevf_free_rx_resources(9)
• ixgbevf_free_all_rx_resources(9), ixgbevf_open(9), ixgbevf_close_suspend(9)
• ixgbevf_close(9), ixgbevf_set_mac(9), ixgbevf_change_mtu(9)
• ixgbevf_probe(9), ixgbevf_remove(9), ixgbevf_io_error_detected(9)
• ixgbevf_io_slot_reset(9), ixgbevf_io_resume(9), ixgbevf_init_module(9)
• ixgbevf_exit_module(9), ixgbevf_get_hw_dev_name(9)

like… the whole squad. every single one accounted for, not a single name dropped. slay 💀✨

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and that's the page!! sign-off time: this came from the source path ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i... (yes it's truncated on the page, that's just how it's printed bestie, don't come for me 🙈), dated October 2026, and it's ixgbevf_set_rx_mode(9) all day every day. mwah 💜🎀🦋