bnx2x_alloc_mem(9)

💖 bnx2x_alloc_mem(9) 💖

okay so bestie, we're in the Kernel API Manual today and the star of the show is bnx2x_alloc_mem(9) — say it with me, it's giving "the function that literally gets the driver its memory." no cap. 🫶

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✨ NAME ✨

bnx2x_alloc_mem — allocate driver's memory. that's it. that's the whole vibe. it allocates. memory. for the driver. 💅

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

int bnx2x_alloc_mem (struct bnx2x *bp );

literally just that. one function, one argument, returns an int. iconic behavior honestly.

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• bp — driver handle 🫶 that's your whole driver's little passport, bestie. you hand it over and the function knows who it's working with.

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

okay this list is LONG, like, aggressively long, but every single one of these is invited to the party and i'm not about to leave anyone out. no gatekeeping in this house. 👑

• 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_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)

and also, direct from the source tree, the kernel file itself:

• ./drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x_cmn.h — that's where the magic lives, go look, i'll wait 📖✨

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ngl bestie, if you're poking around this one, maybe also peek at bnx2x_free_mem(9) so you don't just... leave the memory allocated forever. balance. symmetry. the circle of life. 😭

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🌸 and that's the whole page, mwah 🌸

shoutout to the source at ./drivers/net/ethernet/broadco... and the October 2026 date stamp — that's the version, that's the moment in time, and honestly? she ate. 💜💅🎀