igb_reset_hw_82575(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 igb_reset_hw_82575 💅

okay so bestie, we're in the Kernel API Manual today, and the star of the show is igb_reset_hw_82575 — like, the manual page is literally named after it, main character energy fr. sit down, grab a lil snack, we're resetting some hardware 🎀

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

s32 igb_reset_hw_82575 (struct e1000_hw *hw );

no cap, that's the whole vibe. one function, one pointer, and it hands you back an s32 💖

🌸 ARGUMENTS 🌸

  • hw — a pointer to the HW structure 🫶 that's it. that's the whole argument. she's low maintenance.

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so what does she do? this function resets the hardware into a known state ✨ like hitting the "ok bestie, breathe, we're starting over" button on the silicon.

and here's the cute part — this is a function pointer entry point called by the api module 💫 so nobody's calling her directly, she gets invoked through the api. she's not a solo act, she's on a team. iykyk 👑

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

the friend group is HUGE. like, enormous. here's everyone 💀

like i said. huge friend group. go read all of them, no skipping 🙈

heads up bestie: if you're grepping for her, she's in ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb — that's the directory, mwah 💜

and that's the page!! sourced straight from ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb, dated October 2026, and yes the man page footer still says igb_reset_hw_82575(9) because she's iconic like that ⭐ slay, go reset something 💅✨

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