bnx2x_acquire_hw_lock(9)

💅 bnx2x_acquire_hw_lock(9) — Kernel API Manual ✨

okay so we're in the Kernel API Manual today bestie, and the star of the show is bnx2x_acquire_hw_lock — yes, that's a (9) section page, we're being very serious and very cutesy about it 🎀

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🌸 NAME 🌸

bnx2x_acquire_hw_lock — acquire HW lock. that's it, that's the whole vibe. grab the hardware lock, bestie 🔒✨

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

int bnx2x_acquire_hw_lock (struct bnx2x *bp , u32 resource );

literally the whole function signature, copied exactly, no notes 💅

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• bp — the driver handle, aka your lil passport to the driver, gotta hand it over 🫶
• resource — the resource bit which was locked 👑 (yes, bit, singular, it's giving very specific)

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⭐ SEE ALSO ⭐

first up, the source of truth, the place where it all lives:

• Kernel file ./drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x_cmn.h 📁✨

and now… the friend group 😭 the whole squad of related (9) pages, no cap, every single one:

• 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_status_update(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_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)

like, that's the entire contact list, iykyk 📞💖

ngl bestie, quick vibe check: the header up top is bnx2x_acquire_hw_lock(9) and the manual we're living in is the Kernel API Manual — now you know, now you can flex 🧚‍♀️

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mwah 💋 that's a wrap — this page came from ./drivers/net/ethernet/broadco... and it's dated October 2026, and yeah the footer's still out here spelling the whole thing again as bnx2x_acquire_hw_lock(9) because tradition is tradition periodt 👑🌈