igb_get_hw_semaphore(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

okay bestie, welcome to igb_get_hw_semaphore(9) from the Kernel API Manual — this is the little page about grabbing the hardware semaphore 🎀

✨ NAME ✨

igb_get_hw_semaphore — acquire hardware semaphore

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

s32 igb_get_hw_semaphore (struct e1000_hw *hw );

💅 ARGUMENTS 💅

  • hw — pointer to the HW structure. yep, that's the one thing you hand over: a pointer to the HW structure 🫶

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

Acquire the HW semaphore to access the PHY or NVM. that's the whole quest, fr fr — you're acquiring the HW semaphore because you need to access the PHY or NVM. periodt 💅

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

Kernel file: ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/e1000_mac.c — and the whole iconic friend group is here:

okay that's the page, bestie 🫶 it ships from ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb and is dated October 2026 — iconic, no notes 💖

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