bnx2x_link_test(9)

💖 bnx2x_link_test(9) 💖

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual ✨ — yes, that's the manual name, and you're literally reading section 9 of it. Get comfy 🎀

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🌸 NAME 🌸

bnx2x_link_test — it queries the link status, that's the whole vibe 🦋

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

u8 bnx2x_link_test (struct bnx2x *bp , u8 is_serdes );

like yes that's the actual signature, copy it exactly, no cap 💅

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• bp — the driver handle. your lil main character pointer 🫶
• is_serdes — a bool. iconic, self-explanatory, we move 😭

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

it returns 0 if the link is UP. that's it. that's the function. periodt 💀✨

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

the kernel file, bestie, right here:

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

and now the whole friend group — every single one of these man pages, no skipping, i would never 🙈:

• 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_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)

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and that's the page, bestie!! 🌈⭐ before you close the tab: this little beauty is dated October 2026 💖 and it comes to you from the kernel source tree — specifically that <pink>./drivers/net/ethernet/broadco...</pink> path in the footer (yes it's truncated, that's how the footer rolls, i don't make the rules 🙈). ok bye, go check your link status 💅🫶