velocity_iph_realign(9)

✨ velocity_iph_realign(9) — the Kernel API Manual page you didn't know you needed 💅

okay so this is velocity_iph_realign(9) from the Kernel API Manual, and bestie, it's a short one but she's important. buckle up 🎀

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🌸 NAME 🌸

velocity_iph_realign — IP header alignment. that's it, that's the whole vibe. she aligns the IP header, periodt. ✨

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

void velocity_iph_realign (struct velocity_info *vptr , struct sk_buff
*skb , int pkt_size );

literally the whole signature right there — void, takes three things, gives nothing back. icon behavior honestly 👑

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💖 ARGUMENTS 💖

• vptr — the velocity we are handling. that's your velocity, the one you're working with, no cap 🚗💨
• skb — network layer packet buffer. the packet bestie herself 📦
• pkt_size — received data size. how much data we received, fr fr 📏

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🔥 DESCRIPTION 🔥

okay so what she actually does: align the IP header on a 2 bytes boundary. yes, 2 bytes. not 4, not 8 — 2. respect the boundary 🫶

and the juicy part? this behavior can be configured by the user 👀 so like, it's not just locked in — the user gets a say. main character energy for the user, honestly.

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

bestie there are SO many siblings, this function is literally from a huge family. first, where she lives:

• Kernel file ./drivers/net/ethernet/via/via-velocity.c

and then the whole extended friend group, in order, no skips, no cuts 💜:

mac_get_cam_mask(9), mac_set_cam_mask(9), mac_set_cam(9), mac_wol_reset(9), get_chip_name(9), velocity_set_int_opt(9), velocity_set_bool_opt(9), velocity_get_options(9), velocity_init_cam_filter(9), velocity_rx_reset(9), velocity_get_opt_media_mode(9), safe_disable_mii_autopoll(9), enable_mii_autopoll(9), velocity_mii_read(9), mii_check_media_mode(9), velocity_mii_write(9), set_mii_flow_control(9), mii_set_auto_on(9), velocity_set_media_mode(9), velocity_print_link_status(9), enable_flow_control_ability(9), velocity_soft_reset(9), velocity_set_multi(9), mii_init(9), setup_queue_timers(9), setup_adaptive_interrupts(9), velocity_init_registers(9), velocity_init_dma_rings(9), velocity_alloc_rx_buf(9), velocity_free_rd_ring(9), velocity_init_rd_ring(9), velocity_init_td_ring(9), velocity_free_dma_rings(9), velocity_free_tx_buf(9), velocity_free_td_ring(9), velocity_error(9), velocity_tx_srv(9), velocity_rx_csum(9), velocity_rx_copy(9), velocity_receive_frame(9), velocity_rx_srv(9), velocity_intr(9), velocity_open(9), velocity_shutdown(9), velocity_change_mtu(9), velocity_poll_controller(9), velocity_mii_ioctl(9), velocity_ioctl(9), velocity_get_stats(9), velocity_close(9), velocity_xmit(9), velocity_init_info(9), velocity_get_pci_info(9), velocity_get_platform_info(9), velocity_print_info(9), velocity_probe(9), velocity_remove(9), wol_calc_crc(9), velocity_set_wol(9), velocity_save_context(9), velocity_restore_context(9), velocity_ethtool_up(9), velocity_ethtool_down(9), velocity_init_module(9), velocity_cleanup_module(9)

like, she knows everyone. iykyk 😭💀

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ngl this one's short but she's doing her job: 2 bytes, aligned, user-configurable. slay. 🦋

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and that's the page!! this came from the ./drivers/net/ethernet/via corner of the world, dated October 2026 — thanks for reading bestie, mwah 🫶💖✨🎀