rvu_npc_exact_add_to_list(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💖 NAME 💖

Okay so this is rvu_npc_exact_add_to_list(9) from the Kernel API Manual, and its whole personality is literally Add entry to list — that’s the name, that’s the vibe, periodt. 💅

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

Here’s the exact signature, bestie — do not remix it:

int rvu_npc_exact_add_to_list (struct rvu *rvu , enum npc_exact_opc_type
opc_type , u8 ways , u32 index , u8 cgx_id , u8 lmac_id , u8 *mac_addr ,
u16 chan , u8 ctype , u32 *seq_id , bool cmd , u32 mcam_idx , u16
pcifunc );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

Argument tour time, and every single detail is staying because facts stay, no cap:

  • rvu — the resource virtualization unit. 💖
  • opc_type — the OPCODE that selects the MEM/CAM table. ✨
  • ways — the MEM table ways. 🎀
  • index — the index in the MEM/CAM table. 🦋
  • cgx_id — the CGX identifier. 🌸
  • lmac_id — the LMAC identifier. 💅
  • mac_addr — the MAC address. 🫶
  • chan — the channel number. 😭
  • ctype — the Channel Type. 🔥
  • seq_id — the sequence identifier. 👑
  • cmd — True if the function is called by ethtool cmd. 🌈
  • mcam_idx — NPC mcam index of the DMAC entry in NPC mcam. ⭐
  • pcifunc — pci function. 💀

💅 RETURN 💅

On success, it returns 0. That’s the whole return story — 0 upon success. ✨

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

Kernel file to peek at, bestie:

./drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/af/rvu_npc_hash.c 🧚

And here’s the whole function neighborhood — every reference, zero skips:

Bye bestie — this iconic little page is rvu_npc_exact_add_to_list(9) from the Kernel API Manual, source path ./drivers/net/ethernet/marvell..., dated October 2026. 🫶💖

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