bnx2x_release_hw_lock(9)

💅 bnx2x_release_hw_lock — the Kernel API Manual page, bestie edition 🎀

okay so this is the bnx2x_release_hw_lock(9) page from the Kernel API Manual, and we're gonna get you fluent in it. no cap.

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✨ NAME ✨

bnx2x_release_hw_lock — release HW lock. that's it. that's the whole vibe. you grabbed the hardware lock, now you're giving it back like a good little driver. 🫶

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

int bnx2x_release_hw_lock (struct bnx2x *bp , u32 resource );

literally just: it's an int-returning function, it takes your driver handle and the resource bit. simple. iconic. 🦋

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💖 ARGUMENTS 💖

• bp — the driver handle. your main character struct pointer. ✨
• resource — the resource bit which was locked. yeah, the one you locked earlier — that exact bit. pass it in, hand it back. periodt. 💅

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🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

bestie. sit down. this list is long and we are not skipping a single one of them, because every single reference matters. here we go, in order, no cuts: 🌈

• 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_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)

and the kernel file where all this lives, in all its glory:

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

go read them. all of them. iykyk. 📚

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lowkey the whole point: you locked a resource bit, now release it. don't leave the lock hanging, that's not the vibe. 🙈

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okay that's the page!! 🎀 cute little sign-off time: this one's sourced from ./drivers/net/ethernet/broadco... (yes it's truncated like that, don't come for me, that's literally what the footer says 😭) and it's dated October 2026 — and the page itself is bnx2x_release_hw_lock(9). slay, you're done, go release that lock bestie 💜🧚‍♀️⭐