igc_get_hw_control(9)

✨ NAME ✨

okay so bestie, this is igc_get_hw_control from the Kernel API Manual — section 9, no cap — and the whole vibe is literally get control of the h/w from f/w 💅✨

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

void igc_get_hw_control (struct igc_adapter *adapter );

that’s the signature, periodt. 🫶

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• adapter — address of board private structure. like, the address of the board private struct, bestie — that’s the whole argument 🌸

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

okay so what does it actually do? igc_get_hw_control sets the CTRL_EXT:DRV_LOAD bit. that’s the main character action, fr fr. for ASF and Pass Through versions of f/w, this means that the driver is loaded. no cap, that’s the tea ☕✨

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

okay the whole friend group shows up here and it’s a lot — but we love a thorough squad, iykyk 🫶💖

• Kernel file ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igc/igc_main.c
• igc_power_up_link(9), igc_release_hw_control(9), igc_clean_tx_ring(9), igc_free_tx_resources(9)
• igc_free_all_tx_resources(9), igc_clean_all_tx_rings(9), igc_disable_all_tx_rings_hw(9), igc_setup_tx_resources(9)
• igc_setup_all_tx_resources(9), igc_clean_rx_ring(9), igc_clean_all_rx_rings(9), igc_free_rx_resources(9)
• igc_free_all_rx_resources(9), igc_setup_rx_resources(9), igc_setup_all_rx_resources(9), igc_configure_rx_ring(9)
• igc_configure_rx(9), igc_configure_tx_ring(9), igc_configure_tx(9), igc_setup_mrqc(9)
• igc_setup_rctl(9), igc_setup_tctl(9), igc_set_mac_filter_hw(9), igc_clear_mac_filter_hw(9)
• igc_set_mac(9), igc_write_mc_addr_list(9), igc_process_skb_fields(9), igc_add_rx_frag(9)
• igc_reuse_rx_page(9), igc_is_non_eop(9), igc_cleanup_headers(9), igc_alloc_rx_buffers(9)
• igc_clean_tx_irq(9), igc_add_mac_filter(9), igc_del_mac_filter(9), igc_add_vlan_prio_filter(9)
• igc_del_vlan_prio_filter(9), igc_add_etype_filter(9), igc_del_etype_filter(9), igc_get_nfc_rule(9)
• igc_del_nfc_rule(9), igc_add_nfc_rule(9), igc_enable_empty_addr_recv(9), igc_set_rx_mode(9)
• igc_configure(9), igc_write_ivar(9), igc_configure_msix(9), igc_irq_enable(9)
• igc_irq_disable(9), igc_reset_q_vector(9), igc_free_q_vector(9), igc_free_q_vectors(9)
• igc_update_itr(9), igc_set_interrupt_capability(9), igc_update_ring_itr(9), igc_cache_ring_register(9)
• igc_poll(9), igc_alloc_q_vector(9), igc_alloc_q_vectors(9), igc_init_interrupt_scheme(9)
• igc_sw_init(9), igc_up(9), igc_update_stats(9), igc_down(9)
• igc_change_mtu(9), igc_tx_timeout(9), igc_get_stats64(9), igc_msix_other(9)
• igc_request_msix(9), igc_clear_interrupt_scheme(9), igc_has_link(9), igc_watchdog(9)
• igc_intr_msi(9), igc_intr(9), igc_request_irq(9), __igc_open(9)
• __igc_close(9), igc_probe(9), igc_remove(9), igc_io_error_detected(9)
• igc_io_slot_reset(9), igc_io_resume(9), igc_reinit_queues(9), igc_get_hw_dev(9)
• igc_init_module(9), igc_exit_module(9)

and that’s the whole page, bestie 🎀 source/version: ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igc · date: October 2026 — slay ✨💖🫶