rvu_npc_exact_mac_addr_add(9)

💖 rvu_npc_exact_mac_addr_add(9) — the Kernel API Manual glow-up 💖

okay so bestie, welcome to the rvu_npc_exact_mac_addr_add(9) page, straight out of the Kernel API Manual ✨ this one is short and sweet and honestly kind of an icon for it — she adds a MAC address to the exact match table and that's literally the whole job. main character energy, no notes 💅

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🌸 NAME 🌸

rvu_npc_exact_mac_addr_add — adds a MAC address to the exact match table. that's it, that's the vibe 🎀

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

int rvu_npc_exact_mac_addr_add (struct rvu *rvu , struct
       cgx_mac_addr_add_req *req , struct cgx_mac_addr_add_rsp *rsp );

she takes three little arguments and hands you back an int, slay 🫶

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• rvu — the resource virtualization unit. yes that's her full government name, we just call her rvu 💜
• req — the Add request. the actual "hey can u add this" energy 📨
• rsp — the Add response. what comes back at you 🎀

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🌈 RETURN 🌈

• 0 upon success. zero is the good number here, we love a zero, no cap 😌✨

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

the kernel file in question lives at:

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

and here is the full friend group — every single one of them tagged in the group chat, not a single mutual left out 🫶:

• rvu_exact_prepare_mdata(9), rvu_exact_calculate_hash(9),
• rvu_npc_exact_alloc_mem_table_entry(9), rvu_npc_exact_free_id(9),
• rvu_npc_exact_alloc_id(9), rvu_npc_exact_alloc_cam_table_entry(9),
• rvu_exact_prepare_table_entry(9), rvu_exact_config_secret_key(9),
• rvu_exact_config_search_key(9), rvu_exact_config_result_ctrl(9),
• rvu_exact_config_table_mask(9), rvu_npc_exact_get_max_entries(9),
• rvu_npc_exact_has_match_table(9),
• __rvu_npc_exact_find_entry_by_seq_id(9), rvu_npc_exact_add_to_list(9),
• rvu_npc_exact_mem_table_write(9), rvu_npc_exact_cam_table_write(9),
• rvu_npc_exact_dealloc_table_entry(9),
• rvu_npc_exact_alloc_table_entry(9),
• rvu_npc_exact_save_drop_rule_chan_and_mask(9),
• rvu_npc_exact_calc_drop_rule_chan_and_mask(9),
• rvu_npc_exact_drop_rule_to_pcifunc(9),
• rvu_npc_exact_get_drop_rule_info(9),
• __rvu_npc_exact_cmd_rules_cnt_update(9),
• rvu_npc_exact_del_table_entry_by_id(9),
• rvu_npc_exact_add_table_entry(9), rvu_npc_exact_update_table_entry(9),
• rvu_npc_exact_promisc_disable(9), rvu_npc_exact_promisc_enable(9),
• rvu_npc_exact_mac_addr_reset(9), rvu_npc_exact_mac_addr_update(9),
• rvu_npc_exact_mac_addr_del(9), rvu_npc_exact_mac_addr_set(9),
• rvu_npc_exact_can_disable_feature(9), rvu_npc_exact_disable_feature(9),
• rvu_npc_exact_reset(9), rvu_npc_exact_init(9)

like, that is a long list of besties and every single one of them ate 🔥

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ngl the whole page is basically: call her, pass rvu, req and rsp, get 0 back, go live your life 💀✨

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okay bye bestie, drink some water and go read that kernel file 🧚 and just so we're keeping it a hundred, this one's clipped from ./drivers/net/ethernet/marvell... and it's dated October 2026, so jot that down in ur notes app 💖🎀