rvu_npc_exac...c_addr_reset(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

🌸 rvu_npc_exact_mac_addr_reset(9) 💅

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual — yes this is the rvu_npc_exac...c_addr_reset(9) page, the name got a little truncated on the way here (we don't talk about it 🙈), and honestly? this one's a lil cutie. it does exactly one thing and it does it slayfully: delete the PF mac address. periodt.

✨ NAME ✨

rvu_npc_exact_mac_addr_reset — Delete PF mac address.

like, that's it. that's the whole job. she's a deleter. 👑

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

int rvu_npc_exact_mac_addr_reset (struct rvu *rvu , struct
cgx_mac_addr_reset_req *req , struct msg_rsp *rsp );

returns an int, takes three args, no surprises, we love a straightforward icon 💖

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

  • rvu — the resource virtualization unit. yes that's the actual name, no i did not make that up 😭 this is the big structural homegirl everything lives inside.
  • req — the Reset request. she's the one carrying the actual "hey please reset this" energy ✨
  • rsp — the Reset response. the reply. the "k got it" back to you 🫶

⭐ RETURN ⭐

0 upon success. that's the good ending, the green check, the "no notes" outcome 💅

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

okay so this is the part where i need you to stay with me — there's a whole friend group here and they all live in the kernel file ./drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/af/rvu_npc_hash.c 🧚

like i said. whole friend group. iykyk 💀 but fr fr, every single one of them is linked here for a reason, so go read them if you're curious 🍓

ngl bestie, if you got this far you're lowkey built different. go reset those mac addresses responsibly ✨

and that's the page! 🌸 brought to you from ./drivers/net/ethernet/marvell... and dated October 2026 — mwah, sending you the biggest virtual hug, hope this helped, bye bestie 💜🦋⭐

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