bnx2x_init_hw_common_chip(9)

💅 bnx2x_init_hw_common_chip(9) 💅

okay so bestie, we're in the Kernel API Manual today and this one is a whole little function page. grab a strawberry drink 🍓, it's short and sweet.

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✨ NAME ✨

bnx2x_init_hw_common_chip — literally inits the HW at the COMMON_CHIP phase. that's it, that's the vibe. 🎀

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

int bnx2x_init_hw_common_chip (struct bnx2x *bp );

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• bp — the driver handle, aka your main character. you hand it over and it carries the whole thing. 🫶

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

the kernel file lives right here, no cap:

./drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x_main.c

and the whole friend group, in order, every single one (iykyk):

• bnx2x_get_leader_lock_resource(9)
• bnx2x_trylock_leader_lock(9)
• bnx2x_get_common_flags(9)
• bnx2x_is_contextless_ramrod(9)
• bnx2x_sp_post(9)
• bnx2x_clear_pf_load(9)
• bnx2x_chk_parity_attn(9)
• bnx2x_init_hw_common(9)
• bnx2x_set_int_mode(9)
• bnx2x_pf_q_prep_init(9)
• bnx2x_setup_queue(9)
• bnx2x_send_unload_req(9)
• bnx2x_send_unload_done(9)
• bnx2x_clp_reset_done(9)
• bnx2x_reset_mcp_prep(9)
• bnx2x_mcp_wait_one(9)
• bnx2x_er_poll_igu_vq(9)
• bnx2x_set_uc_list(9)
• bnx2x_get_num_non_def_sbs(9)
• bnx2x_io_error_detected(9)
• bnx2x_io_slot_reset(9)
• bnx2x_io_resume(9)
• bnx2x_set_iscsi_eth_mac_addr(9)

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fr fr that's every single reference, don't @ me — they're all up there. 👑

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mwah 💋 that's the whole page. source: ./drivers/net/ethernet/broadco..., dated October 2026 — and the function name at the end is the same bnx2x_init_hw_common_chip(9) we started with, because symmetry is iconic. periodt. 💖✨