ice_wait_fw_load(9)

πŸ“¦ version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

πŸ’– ice_wait_fw_load(9) πŸ’–

okay so welcome to the Kernel API Manual, bestie β€” today's page is ice_wait_fw_load(9), and she is literally the β€œwait for PHY firmware loading to complete” girlie. no cap, that's the whole assignment. πŸ’…


🌸 NAME 🌸

ice_wait_fw_load β€” wait for PHY firmware loading to complete. That's it, that's the vibe. ✨

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

int ice_wait_fw_load (struct ice_hw *hw , u32 timeout );

πŸŽ€ ARGUMENTS πŸŽ€

  • hw β€” pointer to the hardware structure. Hand her the hardware struct and she knows what to do. 🫢
  • timeout β€” milliseconds that can elapse before timing out, 0 to bypass waiting. So 0 means no waiting era, periodt. ⏳

🫢 RETURN 🫢

  • 0 on success β€” slay, we're good. ✨
  • negative on timeout β€” 😭 the wait ran out, and you get a negative return.

πŸ”— SEE ALSO πŸ”—

okay the SEE ALSO section is a whole reunion episode, and every single one of these is required viewing. No skips, bestie:


mwah πŸ’‹ β€” from ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice, October 2026. ice_wait_fw_load(9) out. πŸ’…

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