fbnic_fw_xmit_ownership_msg(9)

💅 fbnic_fw_xmit_ownership_msg 💅

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual entry for fbnic_fw_xmit_ownership_msg — yes that's a whole mouthful, no we're not shortening it, it's iconic and it knows it 🎀

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✨ NAME ✨

fbnic_fw_xmit_ownership_msg — literally creates AND transmits a host ownership message to the FW mailbox. two jobs, one function, main character energy 👑

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

int fbnic_fw_xmit_ownership_msg (struct fbnic_dev *fbd , bool take_ownership );

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• fbd — the FBNIC device structure. your device, your blorbo, the whole point 💖
• take_ownership — take/release the ownership. that's the entire vibe check: true = claiming it, false = letting it go 🙈

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⭐ RETURN ⭐

zero on success, negative value on failure. that's it, that's the contract — no cap, 0 is the slay outcome and negative is the "well that happened" outcome 😭

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💜 DESCRIPTION 💜

so what does it do? it notifies the firmware that the driver either takes ownership of the NIC — that's when take_ownership is true — or releases it. that's the whole thing. notifies FW, ownership claimed or handed back, done. periodt. ✨

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• Kernel file ./drivers/net/ethernet/meta/fbnic/fbnic_fw.c — the whole friend group lives here 🫶
• fbnic_fw_xmit_test_msg(9)
• fbnic_fw_xmit_simple_msg(9)
• fbnic_fw_xmit_coredump_info_msg(9)
• fbnic_fw_xmit_coredump_read_msg(9)
• fbnic_fw_xmit_qsfp_read_msg(9)
• fbnic_fw_xmit_tsene_read_msg(9)
• fbnic_fw_mbx_self_test(9)

go read them all, iykyk 💅

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fr fr: this page is straight out of ./drivers/net/ethernet/meta/fbnic, dated October 2026 — so like, future iconic. mwah, catch you in the next manpage bestie 💖🎀🧚