wx_read_mbx_vf(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💌 wx_read_mbx_vf(9) — the kernel API manual, but make it cute

okay so bestie, we're in wx_read_mbx_vf(9) territory and honestly it's giving "tiny function, big mailbox energy" ✨ this is the one that pulls a message out of the inbox that's meant for the vf, and we're gonna walk through it together, no cap 🫶

✨ NAME ✨

wx_read_mbx_vf — reads a message from the inbox intended for vf 💅

like, literally its whole job. inbox 📥 → message → vf. iconic behaviour, honestly.

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

int wx_read_mbx_vf (struct wx *wx , u32 *msg , u16 size );

that's the whole vibe check right there — returns an int, takes a struct wx *, a u32 *, and a u16. slay 🎀

🌸 ARGUMENTS 🌸

  • wx — pointer to the HW structure. yes bestie, the hardware structure, that's the one 💜
  • msg — the message buffer. this is where the message goes to live 🏠
  • size — length of buffer. keep an eye on it, it's the u16 of the group 🙈

⭐ RETURN ⭐

returns 0 if it successfully copied the message into the buffer 🔥

that's it. that's the return. zero means we ate and left no crumbs, periodt.

🧚 SEE ALSO 🧚

the kernel file lives right here, go look at it, iykyk:

./drivers/net/ethernet/wangxun/libwx/wx_mbx.c

and the whole friend group of mailbox functions, all absolutely tagged (9):

🎀 cute little sign-off 🎀

this page came from ./drivers/net/ethernet/wangxun..., dated October 2026, and it's filed under wx_read_mbx_vf(9) — and that's the whole manual, bestie, mwah 💋🌈💖

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