bnxt_re_is_fw_stalled(9)

💅 bnxt_re_is_fw_stalled — check firmware health (manual section 9, bestie)

okay so real talk, this is bnxt_re_is_fw_stalled from the kernel API manual, section 9, and it's literally the vibe check for your firmware 🔥

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

int bnxt_re_is_fw_stalled (struct bnxt_qplib_rcfw *rcfw , u16 cookie );

like, you hand it a channel and a cookie, and it tells you if the firmware is ghosting you 👻

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🫶 ARGUMENTS 🫶

• rcfw — the rcfw channel instance of rdev, iykyk 🎀
• cookie — the cookie used to track the command 🍪

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🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

so here's the tea: if the firmware hasn't responded to any rcfw command within rcfw->max_timeout, then bestie… we consider the firmware stalled 💀 like it's not just busy, it's giving "left you on read" energy.

no cap, that's the whole check. it's not deep, it's just observant ✨

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⭐ RETURN ⭐

• 0 — firmware is responding, we love to see it 👑
• -ENODEV — firmware is not responding, uh oh 😭

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🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

the kernel file, periodt:

./drivers/infiniband/hw/bnxt_re/qplib_rcfw.c

and the whole friend group:

• bnxt_qplib_map_rc(9)
• __wait_for_resp(9)
• __block_for_resp(9)
• __poll_for_resp(9)
• __bnxt_qplib_rcfw_send_message(9)
• bnxt_qplib_rcfw_send_message(9)

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and that's the page, bestie 🧚💜 it lives in ./drivers/infiniband/hw/bnxt_re, freshly dated October 2026, and yes the title is still bnxt_re_is_fw_stalled(9) — iconic, no notes 💅🌈