fm10k_watchd...e_host_state(9)

💖 fm10k_watchd...e_host_state(9) — Kernel API Manual 💖

okay so bestie, we're deep in the Kernel API Manual today and the star of the show is a function whose name got lowkey truncated by the page header (it happens to the best of us, the header column is only so wide 💅). The real one is fm10k_watchdog_update_host_state, and she's serving driver-internals realness. Let's get into it 🎀

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✨ NAME ✨

fm10k_watchdog_update_host_state — update the link status based on host.

no cap, that's literally the whole job description. link status? updated. based on host? yes ma'am 🦋

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

void fm10k_watchdog_update_host_state (struct fm10k_intfc *interface );

she returns void (nothing back, no receipts, she's not that kind of function 💀) and she takes exactly one argument. simple. iconic.

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🫶 ARGUMENTS 🫶

• interface — board private structure. that's the struct fm10k_intfc * right there, and she is the board's private structure, iykyk 🌈

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

this list is LONG and honestly? she ate. every single one of these is a real sibling in (9), no skips, no cuts, we don't do that here 💜

the kernel file it lives in, first:

• ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/fm10k/fm10k_pci.c

and now the whole friend group, in the original order:

• fm10k_macvlan_schedule(9)
• fm10k_stop_macvlan_task(9)
• fm10k_resume_macvlan_task(9)
• fm10k_service_timer(9)
• fm10k_prepare_for_reset(9)
• fm10k_configure_swpri_map(9)
• fm10k_mbx_subtask(9)
• fm10k_watchdog_host_is_ready(9)
• fm10k_watchdog_host_not_ready(9)
• fm10k_update_stats(9)
• fm10k_watchdog_flush_tx(9)
• fm10k_watchdog_subtask(9)
• fm10k_check_hang_subtask(9)
• fm10k_service_task(9)
• fm10k_macvlan_task(9)
• fm10k_configure_tx_ring(9)
• fm10k_enable_tx_ring(9)
• fm10k_configure_tx(9)
• fm10k_configure_rx_ring(9)
• fm10k_update_rx_drop_en(9)
• fm10k_configure_dglort(9)
• fm10k_configure_rx(9)
• fm10k_qv_free_irq(9)
• fm10k_qv_request_irq(9)
• fm10k_sw_init(9)
• fm10k_probe(9)
• fm10k_remove(9)
• fm10k_resume(9)
• fm10k_suspend(9)
• fm10k_io_error_detected(9)
• fm10k_io_slot_reset(9)
• fm10k_io_resume(9)
• fm10k_io_reset_prepare(9)
• fm10k_io_reset_done(9)
• fm10k_register_pci_driver(9)
• fm10k_unregister_pci_driver(9)

bestie heads up: the source line in the footer is also abbreviated (./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/f...) — the man page generator did a little truncation moment, not me 🙈 the full path lives in SEE ALSO above so you're covered fr fr.

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💌 sign-off 💌

this lil masterpiece dropped from ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/f... in October 2026, and honestly? she's giving timeless. go read the whole fm10k family, they're all linked, it's a whole cinematic universe ⭐🧚💖