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# SetHeadroom

Changes the number of bytes to reserve at the front of the packet’s buffer to the specified value.

```
virtual kern_return_t SetHeadroom(uint8_t headroom);
```

## Parameters

`headroom`

The new headroom value, specified in bytes.

## Return Value

`kIOReturnSuccess` on success, or another value if an error occurred.

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