STRUCT IONIC_ADMIN_CMD(9)

💅 struct ionic_admin_cmd(9) 💅

okay so this is from the Kernel API Manual, and bestie, it's literally the blueprint for the general admin command format — the little packet shape every admin command in the ionic driver rides around in. it's giving "envelope that all the other structs get stuffed into" energy ✨

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🌸 NAME 🌸

struct ionic_admin_cmd — the general admin command format, periodt. this is the structure, the whole structure, and nothing but the structure 💖

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🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

struct ionic_admin_cmd {
    u8 opcode;
    u8 rsvd;
    __le16 lif_index;
    u8 cmd_data[60];
 };

like. look at her. four fields. zero notes. iconic 👑

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🦋 Members 🦋

lowkey the most important part, bestie, don't skip:

• opcode — the opcode for the command 💫 this is the "which command am i even doing rn" byte.
• rsvd — reserved byte(s). not yours. not for you. leave it alone 🙈
• lif_index — the LIF index 🎀 (__le16, little-endian, just so we're clear)
• cmd_data — opcode-specific command bytes 🌈 exactly 60 of them, and what goes in there totally depends on which opcode you're running. iykyk.

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🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

the reading list is long, bestie, like genuinely enormous, but every single one matters — they all live in the kernel file ./drivers/net/ethernet/pensando/ionic/ionic_if.h:

• struct ionic_admin_comp(9)
• struct ionic_nop_cmd(9)
• struct ionic_nop_comp(9)
• struct ionic_dev_init_cmd(9)
• struct ionic_dev_init_comp(9)
• struct ionic_dev_reset_cmd(9)
• struct ionic_dev_reset_comp(9)
• struct ionic_dev_identify_cmd(9)
• struct ionic_dev_identify_comp(9)
• union ionic_drv_identity(9)
• enum ionic_dev_capability(9)
• union ionic_dev_identity(9)
• struct ionic_lif_identify_cmd(9)
• struct ionic_lif_identify_comp(9)
• enum ionic_lif_capability(9)
• enum ionic_logical_qtype(9)
• enum ionic_q_feature(9)
• enum ionic_rxq_feature(9)
• enum ionic_txq_feature(9)
• enum ionic_hwstamp_bits(9)
• struct ionic_lif_logical_qtype(9)
• enum ionic_lif_state(9)
• union ionic_lif_config(9)
• enum ionic_lif_rdma_cap_stats(9)
• union ionic_lif_identity(9)
• struct ionic_lif_init_cmd(9)
• struct ionic_lif_init_comp(9)
• struct ionic_q_identify_cmd(9)
• struct ionic_q_identify_comp(9)
• union ionic_q_identity(9)
• struct ionic_q_init_cmd(9)
• struct ionic_q_init_comp(9)
• struct ionic_txq_desc(9)
• struct ionic_txq_sg_elem(9)
• struct ionic_txq_sg_desc(9)
• struct ionic_txq_comp(9)
• struct ionic_rxq_desc(9)
• struct ionic_rxq_sg_elem(9)
• struct ionic_rxq_sg_desc(9)
• struct ionic_rxq_comp(9)
• enum ionic_pkt_class(9)
• struct ionic_q_control_cmd(9)
• enum ionic_phy_type(9)
• enum ionic_xcvr_state(9)
• enum ionic_port_type(9)
• enum ionic_port_admin_state(9)
• enum ionic_port_oper_status(9)
• enum ionic_port_fec_type(9)
• enum ionic_port_pause_type(9)
• enum ionic_port_loopback_mode(9)
• struct ionic_xcvr_status(9)
• union ionic_port_config(9)
• struct ionic_port_status(9)
• struct ionic_port_identify_cmd(9)
• struct ionic_port_identify_comp(9)
• struct ionic_port_init_cmd(9)
• struct ionic_port_init_comp(9)
• struct ionic_port_reset_cmd(9)
• struct ionic_port_reset_comp(9)
• enum ionic_stats_ctl_cmd(9)
• enum ionic_txstamp_mode(9)
• enum ionic_port_attr(9)
• struct ionic_port_setattr_cmd(9)
• struct ionic_port_setattr_comp(9)
• struct ionic_port_getattr_cmd(9)
• struct ionic_port_getattr_comp(9)
• struct ionic_lif_status(9)
• struct ionic_lif_reset_cmd(9)
• enum ionic_dev_attr(9)
• struct ionic_dev_setattr_cmd(9)
• struct ionic_dev_setattr_comp(9)
• struct ionic_dev_getattr_cmd(9)
• struct ionic_dev_getattr_comp(9)
• enum ionic_lif_attr(9)
• struct ionic_lif_setattr_cmd(9)
• struct ionic_lif_setattr_comp(9)
• struct ionic_lif_getattr_cmd(9)
• struct ionic_lif_getattr_comp(9)
• struct ionic_lif_setphc_cmd(9)
• struct ionic_rx_mode_set_cmd(9)
• struct ionic_rx_filter_add_cmd(9)
• struct ionic_rx_filter_add_comp(9)
• struct ionic_rx_filter_del_cmd(9)
• enum ionic_vf_link_status(9)
• struct ionic_vf_setattr_cmd(9)
• struct ionic_vf_getattr_cmd(9)
• struct ionic_vf_ctrl_cmd(9)
• struct ionic_vf_ctrl_comp(9)
• struct ionic_discover_cmb_cmd(9)
• struct ionic_discover_cmb_comp(9)
• union ionic_cmb_region(9)
• union ionic_discover_cmb_identity(9)
• struct ionic_qos_identify_cmd(9)
• struct ionic_qos_identify_comp(9)
• enum ionic_qos_class_type(9)
• enum ionic_qos_sched_type(9)
• union ionic_qos_config(9)
• union ionic_qos_identity(9)
• struct ionic_qos_init_cmd(9)
• struct ionic_qos_reset_cmd(9)
• struct ionic_qos_clear_stats_cmd(9)
• struct ionic_fw_download_cmd(9)
• enum ionic_fw_control_oper(9)
• struct ionic_fw_control_cmd(9)
• struct ionic_fw_control_comp(9)
• struct ionic_rdma_reset_cmd(9)
• struct ionic_rdma_queue_cmd(9)
• struct ionic_notifyq_event(9)
• struct ionic_link_change_event(9)
• struct ionic_reset_event(9)
• struct ionic_heartbeat_event(9)
• struct ionic_log_event(9)
• struct ionic_xcvr_event(9)
• union ionic_port_identity(9)
• struct ionic_port_info(9)
• struct ionic_lif_info(9)
• struct ionic_hwstamp_regs(9)
• union ionic_dev_info_regs(9)
• union ionic_dev_cmd_regs(9)
• union ionic_dev_regs(9)
• struct ionic_doorbell(9)

ngl that's a lot of cross-references, but they're all siblings in the same header and they all slay in their own way 💜 go read 'em, i'll wait 🫶

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that's the whole page, bestie!! 🎀 this came out of ./drivers/net/ethernet/pensand... and it's dated October 2026 — so yeah, screenshot it, cite it, frame it, it's canon now ⭐💖