ixgbevf_update_xcast_mode(9)

✨ ixgbevf_update_xcast_mode(9) ✨

okay so bestie, buckle up 💖 this is a page from the Kernel API Manual — the function is literally called ixgbevf_update_xcast_mode, and yes, that's a mouthful, but it's giving iconic energy so we're gonna learn it together 🫶

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🌸 NAME 🌸

ixgbevf_update_xcast_mode — Update Multicast mode

like, that's the whole vibe: it updates the Multicast mode 🎀

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

s32 ixgbevf_update_xcast_mode (struct ixgbe_hw *hw , int xcast_mode );

that's the signature, don't come for me — copy it exactly, no cap 💅

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• hw — pointer to the HW structure 💻 literally just a pointer to the hardware struct, she's the main character of every function on this page ngl
• xcast_mode — new multicast mode 🌈 the shiny new mode you're setting, that's it, that's the whole job

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💜 DESCRIPTION 💜

Updates the Multicast Mode of VF. ✨

fr fr, that's the entire thing — it updates the Multicast Mode of the VF (virtual function). lowkey simple, highkey important. no extra lore, no secret behaviour, just: mode goes in, Multicast Mode gets updated 💫

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

bestie the reference list is LONG and we are NOT skipping a single one of these, okay? every single one, in order, periodt 💅

• Kernel file ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/vf.c — that's the actual file, go read it if you're that girl 🎀
• ixgbevf_start_hw_vf(9)
• ixgbevf_init_hw_vf(9)
• ixgbevf_reset_hw_vf(9)
• ixgbevf_hv_reset_hw_vf(9)
• ixgbevf_stop_hw_vf(9)
• ixgbevf_mta_vector(9)
• ixgbevf_get_mac_addr_vf(9)
• ixgbevf_get_reta_locked(9)
• ixgbevf_get_rss_key_locked(9)
• ixgbevf_set_rar_vf(9)
• ixgbevf_hv_set_rar_vf(9)
• ixgbevf_update_mc_addr_list_vf(9)
• ixgbevf_hv_update_mc_addr_list_vf(9)
• ixgbevf_hv_update_xcast_mode(9) — her sibling!! the hv version, obsessed 😭
• ixgbevf_get_link_state_vf(9)
• ixgbevf_hv_get_link_state_vf(9)
• ixgbevf_get_pf_link_state(9)
• ixgbevf_negotiate_features_vf(9)
• ixgbevf_set_vfta_vf(9)
• ixgbe_read_vflinks(9)
• ixgbevf_hv_set_vfta_vf(9)
• ixgbevf_setup_mac_link_vf(9)
• ixgbevf_check_mac_link_vf(9)
• ixgbevf_hv_check_mac_link_vf(9)
• ixgbevf_set_rlpml_vf(9)
• ixgbevf_hv_set_rlpml_vf(9)
• ixgbevf_negotiate_api_version_vf(9)
• ixgbevf_hv_negotiate_api_version_vf(9)

all of them. every. single. one. we ate that list, no crumbs 🍓

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ok and just so we're clear on the receipts: this lil page lives in the source tree at ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i... (that's the truncated path as printed, not me being lazy, that's literally what it says 🙈), dated October 2026, and it's manual page ixgbevf_update_xcast_mode(9) from the Kernel API Manual. screenshot it, cite it, slay 💅✨

stay hydrated, read your header files, and remember: update your Multicast mode responsibly 🧚💖