fm10k_start_hw_generic(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💖 fm10k_start_hw_generic(9) 💖

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual ✨ — this one's a tiny little function but she's important, so let's get into it 🎀

🌸 NAME 🌸

fm10k_start_hw_generic — the girl who gets your hardware ready for Tx/Rx 💅

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

s32 fm10k_start_hw_generic (struct fm10k_hw *hw );

like, that's the whole vibe check right there 🦋

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

  • hw — pointer to hardware structure 🫶 (yes, just a pointer, she's lowkey simple like that)

💜 DESCRIPTION 💜

okay so here's the tea ☕ — this function sets the Tx ready flag to indicate that the Tx path has been initialized. that's it. that's the whole thing. no cap 🔥

so when the Tx path is like "bestie I'm ready", this is the function that officially makes it known 💫 periodt.

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

kernel file ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/fm10k/fm10k_common.c — yes that's where she lives, go visit her 💖

and her whole friend group, all iconic, all linked:

fr fr bestie, go read the whole squad — they all hang out in ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/f... 🌈

and that's the page!! mwah 💋 this was brought to you by the Kernel API Manual, October 2026 edition — source straight outta ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/f..., and yeah that's the sign-off, love u, bye 👑🍓🧚

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