igb_led_off(9)
β¨ igb_led_off β the igb_led_off(9) page, bestie edition π
okay so this is a page from the Kernel API Manual, and it's about the tiniest little glow-up: turning a LED off. That's it. That's the whole vibe. And honestly? Iconic. Short, sweet, to the point. Let's get into it π
πΈ NAME
igb_led_off β Turn LED off π«Ά
π¦ SYNOPSIS
s32 igb_led_off (struct e1000_hw *hw );
that's the whole signature, no cap. it returns an s32 bestie, and it takes exactly one thing β¨
π ARGUMENTS
hwβ pointer to the HW structure. that's it. that's the whole argument. she's a pointer to the hardware struct and she's doing her job π
π DESCRIPTION
Turn LED off. π‘β‘οΈπ«
literally the entire description. the LED? off. she said "dark mode" and meant it π no hidden lore, no fine print, no caveats. just a LED going to sleep. periodt β¨
π₯ SEE ALSO
okay so here's where the page goes full main character β the whole friend group shows up π«Ά first, the kernel file where this lives:
Kernel file ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/e1000_mac.c
and then the entire igb gang, in order, every single one of them π:
igb_get_bus_info_pcie(9)igb_clear_vfta(9)igb_write_vfta(9)igb_init_rx_addrs(9)igb_find_vlvf_slot(9)igb_vfta_set(9)igb_check_alt_mac_addr(9)igb_rar_set(9)igb_mta_set(9)igb_hash_mc_addr(9)igb_i21x_hw_doublecheck(9)igb_update_mc_addr_list(9)igb_clear_hw_cntrs_base(9)igb_check_for_copper_link(9)igb_setup_link(9)igb_config_collision_dist(9)igb_set_fc_watermarks(9)igb_set_default_fc(9)igb_force_mac_fc(9)igb_config_fc_after_link_up(9)igb_get_speed_and_duplex_copper(9)igb_get_hw_semaphore(9)igb_put_hw_semaphore(9)igb_get_auto_rd_done(9)igb_valid_led_default(9)igb_id_led_init(9)igb_cleanup_led(9)igb_blink_led(9)igb_disable_pcie_master(9)igb_validate_mdi_setting(9)igb_write_8bit_ctrl_reg(9)igb_enable_mng_pass_thru(9)
like, thirty-two entries. the way she linked her whole contact list π go read them, iykyk π
ngl bestie, this one's a two-word function in a trench coat. read it, love it, turn that LED off, move on π
and that's the whole page! brought to you by the source/version fam ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb, timestamped October 2026, and it's <rainbow>igb_led_off(9)</rainbow> forever and ever, bye bestie πππ
π¦ where this page comes from
- nixpkgs unstable: linux-manual 7.3.1
- π girlified by deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-1017 on : a language model's rewrite of the original, under its terms