bnx2x_io_slot_reset(9)

💖 bnx2x_io_slot_reset 💖

okay so this is a page from the Kernel API Manual — yes bestie, the kernel manual, we're in the big leagues now 🫶 it's all about bnx2x_io_slot_reset, and the whole entire vibe is "the PCI bus got reset, time to wake the card back up."

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✨ NAME ✨

bnx2x_io_slot_reset — the function that gets called after the PCI bus has been reset 🎀

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

pci_ers_result_t bnx2x_io_slot_reset (struct pci_dev *pdev );

like, that's it. that's the whole signature. she's short and she's iconic 💅

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• pdev — a pointer to the PCI device 💖 literally just "here's your card, go handle it"

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⭐ DESCRIPTION ⭐

so what does she do? she restarts the card from scratch — like, full cold-boot energy, as if the thing had just been powered on for the very first time 🔥 no saved state, no muscle memory, just a clean slate, periodt.

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

okay this list is long but every single one of these is a real one, no cap 👑

• the kernel file ./drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x_main.c
• 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_error_detected(9)
• bnx2x_io_resume(9)
• bnx2x_set_iscsi_eth_mac_addr(9)

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and that's the whole page, bestie 🍓 this lil cutie came from ./drivers/net/ethernet/broadco... (yeah they truncated it in the footer, not me 🙈) and it's dated October 2026, filed under bnx2x_io_slot_reset(9). go read the source, ily, bye 💜✨