bnx2x__link_status_update(9)

💖 bnx2x__link_status_update(9) 💖

okay bestie, welcome to the bnx2x__link_status_update page from the Kernel API Manual — yes that whole mouthful is the manual name, we're not saying it again, but like… it's here. 🎀

It's literally the function that handles link status change. That's the vibe. Short king of a manpage, no cap. ✨

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🌸 NAME 🌸

bnx2x__link_status_update — handles link status change. that's it. that's the whole thing. she does one job and she ate. 💅

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

void bnx2x__link_status_update (struct bnx2x *bp );

like, she takes a pointer and she returns nothing, because the real glow-up is the link status we updated along the way. 🙈

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🍓 ARGUMENTS 🍓

• bp — driver handle. that's your golden ticket, your little backstage pass to the driver. hand it over and let her cook. 👑

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

bestie there are so many friends here, this function is lowkey the most social one in the whole driver. grab a snack, this is the group chat:

• Kernel file ./drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x_cmn.h — that's where she lives, go say hi 💜
• bnx2x_send_unload_req(9)
• bnx2x_send_unload_done(9)
• bnx2x__init_func_obj(9)
• bnx2x_setup_queue(9)
• bnx2x_setup_leading(9)
• bnx2x_fw_command(9)
• bnx2x_initial_phy_init(9)
• bnx2x_link_set(9)
• bnx2x_force_link_reset(9)
• bnx2x_link_test(9)
• bnx2x_drv_pulse(9)
• bnx2x_igu_ack_sb(9)
• bnx2x_link_report(9)
• bnx2x_get_mf_speed(9)
• bnx2x_msix_sp_int(9)
• bnx2x_interrupt(9)
• bnx2x_cnic_notify(9)
• bnx2x_setup_cnic_irq_info(9)
• bnx2x_setup_cnic_info(9)
• bnx2x_int_enable(9)
• bnx2x_int_disable_sync(9)
• bnx2x_nic_init_cnic(9)
• bnx2x_alloc_mem_cnic(9)
• bnx2x_alloc_mem(9)
• bnx2x_free_mem_cnic(9)
• bnx2x_free_mem(9)
• bnx2x_set_num_queues(9)
• bnx2x_chip_cleanup(9)
• bnx2x_acquire_hw_lock(9)
• bnx2x_release_hw_lock(9)
• bnx2x_release_leader_lock(9)
• bnx2x_set_eth_mac(9)
• bnx2x_sp_event(9)
• bnx2x_ilt_set_info(9)
• bnx2x_dcbx_init(9)
• bnx2x_set_power_state(9)
• bnx2x_update_max_mf_config(9)
• bnx2x_enable_msix(9)
• bnx2x_enable_msi(9)
• bnx2x_alloc_mem_bp(9)
• bnx2x_free_mem_bp(9)
• bnx2x_change_mtu(9)
• bnx2x_fcoe_get_wwn(9)
• bnx2x_tx_timeout(9)
• bnx2x_tx_disable(9)
• bnx2x_func_start(9)
• bnx2x_set_fw_mac_addr(9)
• bnx2x_get_path_func_num(9)
• bnx2x_wait_sp_comp(9)
• bnx2x_set_ctx_validation(9)
• bnx2x_extract_max_cfg(9)
• bnx2x_get_iscsi_info(9)
• bnx2x_link_sync_notify(9)
• bnx2x_update_drv_flags(9)
• bnx2x_fill_fw_str(9)
• bnx2x_set_os_driver_state(9)
• bnx2x_nvram_read(9)

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fr fr that's the whole list, every single one, don't skip a single bestie on your way out 😭🫶

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and that's the page!! mwah 💋 source/version is ./drivers/net/ethernet/broadco... and the date is October 2026 — so like, mark your calendar, she's timeless. bnx2x__link_status_update(9) out. 💖✨🦋🎀