bnx2x_alloc_mem_bp(9)

💖 bnx2x_alloc_mem_bp(9) 💖

okay so you found a page from the Kernel API Manual — welcome bestie, pull up a chair 🎀 This one's about wrangling memory for the bnx2x driver, and honestly it's a whole vibe.

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✨ NAME ✨

bnx2x_alloc_mem_bp — allocate memories outsize main driver structure 💅

(yes, "outsize" — that's the original wording, we don't fix what we didn't break, and ngl it's giving exactly-what-it-says 🫶)

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

int bnx2x_alloc_mem_bp (struct bnx2x *bp );

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• bp — driver handle 👑 that's your main character struct right there, the one holding all the driver state, and this function goes and grabs a bunch of extra memory outside of it. iconic behavior honestly.

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💜 SEE ALSO 💜

okay this is the part where the manpage just hands you the whole extended universe 😭 like, literally the entire bnx2x friend group, no cap. also there's a kernel file reference at the top of this list:

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

and now the whole squad, fr fr 🌈:

• 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_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_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)

yeah that's a lot of cross-references, and every single one of them is in there 👑 go read them all, i'll wait 💖

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quick note bestie: this page is short and sweet — one function, one argument, and a truly unhinged number of SEE ALSO entries. that's the whole thing. don't go looking for an OPTIONS section, there isn't one, periodt 💅

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and that's the page! 🌸 this little cutie came from ./drivers/net/ethernet/broadco... (the manpage truncates it like that, not me 🙈) and it's dated October 2026 ⭐ so you know it's fresh. mwah, go allocate some memory responsibly 🧚💜