bnx2x_func_start(9)

💖 bnx2x_func_start(9) — like, the function that starts things 💖

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual ✨ — this page is all about bnx2x_func_start, and honestly? She's a short queen but she's load-bearing. Let's get into it 🎀

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🦋 NAME 🦋

bnx2x_func_start — init function. that's it. that's the whole name section. she's giving minimalism, she's giving "my job is in my name" 💅

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

int bnx2x_func_start (struct bnx2x *bp );

like… one function, one argument, no drama 🌸

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• bp — the driver handle, aka your little all-access pass to the bnx2x driver. it's a struct bnx2x *, it's the main character, it's what everything needs to know about itself 🫶

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👑 DESCRIPTION 👑

so here's the tea ☕: you must call bnx2x_func_start before you send CLIENT_SETUP for the first client.

that's the entire rule. it's not a vibe check, it's a requirement — first client setup does not happen until this has run. no cap 😤

ngl bestie, "must be called before" is doing a lot of heavy lifting in that sentence, so please respect it 🙈

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

okay this is the part where the manpage just dumps the entire friend group in the group chat 😭 — every single one of these, (9) sections, exactly as listed:

• 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_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_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 the kernel file where all this lives 🧚:

./drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x_cmn.h

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💜 cute little sign-off 💜

this page came to you courtesy of that source over at ./drivers/net/ethernet/broadco... (yes, they clipped it, don't come for me 😭), dated October 2026, sitting pretty next to bnx2x_func_start(9) in the footer like the icons they are. periodt. 💅✨🔥