bnx2x_force_link_reset(9)

💅 bnx2x_force_link_reset

okay bestie, welcome to the bnx2x_force_link_reset page — it's a kernel API manual entry, so if you're here you're already kind of a big deal. the whole vibe of this one? it forces a link reset, and yep, it also puts the PHY into reset while it's at it. no half measures, no cap. ✨

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

void bnx2x_force_link_reset (struct bnx2x *bp );

literally that's it. returns void, takes one pointer, does the thing. periodt. 🎀

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🌸 ARGUMENTS 🌸

• bp — the driver handle 🫶 that's the whole argument list. one (1) handle, that's her.

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🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

okay so here's where it gets iconic — the kernel file this thing lives in:

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

and the full squad, in the exact order they showed up, because we do not drop people from the roster:

• 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_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_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, fifty-something cross-references?? she's well connected, iykyk 💀👑

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quick reminder bestie: this one forces the link reset and drops the PHY into reset too — that's the documented behavior, so don't act surprised when it does exactly what it says on the tin 🙈

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and that's the page!! mwah 💖 this came from the kernel API docs, ./drivers/net/ethernet/broadco... (the path got cut off in the footer, not my fault 😭), October 2026 edition, and yeah — the header and footer both say bnx2x_force_link_reset(9) because she's consistent like that. slay, bye 🦋⭐