octep_vf_enable_msix_range(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 octep_vf_enable_msix_range(9) 💅

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual, section 9 — yes we're in the kernel-functions era of the man pages and honestly? iconic. this one's about a little function called octep_vf_enable_msix_range, and it's giving very much "turn the interrupts on" energy. let's get into it 🫶

✨ NAME ✨

octep_vf_enable_msix_range — enable MSI-x interrupts. that's the whole vibe. MSI-x, enabled. slay 💅

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

int octep_vf_enable_msix_range (struct octep_vf_device *oct );

so it returns an int, it takes exactly one pointer, and her name is oct. that's her whole signature, no cap 💖

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

  • oct — the Octeon device private data structure. that's it. that's the one (1) argument. she's low-maintenance, we love that for her ✨

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so what does she do? she allocates and enables all the MSI-x interrupts for the Octeon device — and when we say all, we mean all, bestie: both the queue interrupts and the non-queue interrupts. every last one. it's giving full send, no crumbs left 🌈

like, she's not picking favourites, she's not doing a "just the important ones" thing — the whole set gets allocated and enabled. main character behaviour, fr fr 👑

👑 RETURN 👑

  • 0 — yay! every single MSI-x interrupt got enabled successfully. we love a happy ending 💖
  • -1 — the ick. this means it failed to enable one (or more) of the MSI-x interrupts. not the vibe. 😭

💜 SEE ALSO 💜

the kernel file herself lives at ./drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeon_ep_vf/octep_vf_main.c — go say hi 🧚

and here's the whole friend group, all of them, every single one, no skips:

like, the whole squad. iykyk 💀✨

and that's the page!! 🎀 sourced straight from ./drivers/net/ethernet/marvell... and dated October 2026 — octep_vf_enable_msix_range(9) out, mwah 💋✨

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