igb_read_mbx(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💌 igb_read_mbx(9) 💌

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✨ NAME ✨

igb_read_mbx — Reads a message from the mailbox 💖

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

s32 igb_read_mbx (struct e1000_hw *hw , u32 *msg , u16 size , u16 mbx_id
, bool unlock );

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

  • hw — pointer to the HW structure, like, the whole hardware vibe check 💅
  • msg — The message buffer, this is where the tea gets stored 🍓
  • size — Length of buffer, don't forget to tell it how much room you've got fr fr
  • mbx_id — id of mailbox to read, which mailbox we're opening btw 👑
  • unlock — skip locking or not, like do we skip the lock or nah 🙈

⭐ DESCRIPTION ⭐

returns SUCCESS if it successfully read message from buffer ✨ like that's it, that's the whole thing, and honestly? iconic. no cap.

lowkey important: it returns SUCCESS if it successfully read the message from the buffer — that's the whole condition, don't be out here assuming anything more 💀

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

Kernel file ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/e1000_mbx.c — the main character source file 🫶

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