bnx2x_io_error_detected(9)

💅 bnx2x_io_error_detected(9) — the girlies' guide 💅

okay so this is a page from the Kernel API Manual, and honestly? it's a short one but it's kind of iconic. sit down bestie, we're talking PCI error handling 💖

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✨ NAME ✨

bnx2x_io_error_detected — the function that gets called when a PCI error is detected 🚨

like, that's it, that's the whole vibe. the moment something in PCI land goes wrong, this baby gets the call 💀

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

pci_ers_result_t bnx2x_io_error_detected (struct pci_dev *pdev ,
       pci_channel_state_t state );

so she returns a pci_ers_result_t, and she takes two arguments. slay 💅

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• pdev — a pointer to the PCI device 💖 literally just which device we're talking about.
• state — the current pci connection state 🦋 like, the status of the situation rn.

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👑 DESCRIPTION 👑

so this function? she's called after a PCI bus error that affects this device has been detected 🚨 that's the whole job description fr fr — no cap, she doesn't do anything else on this page, she just shows up when the bus is having a moment 😭

main character energy honestly. gets summoned by chaos, says nothing, exists 💜

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🫶 SEE ALSO 🫶

the kernel file stays winning:

• Kernel file ./drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x_main.c

and the whole friend group of references, all of them, no gatekeeping 🌈

• 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_init_hw_common_chip(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_slot_reset(9)
• bnx2x_io_resume(9)
• bnx2x_set_iscsi_eth_mac_addr(9)

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k that's the whole page bestie 💖 go read the source file if you want the lore, this one's just the doorway 🚪✨

mwah 💋 this was served up from ./drivers/net/ethernet/broadco... and dated October 2026 — see you in the group chat, bnx2x_io_error_detected(9) out 🫶