igc_get_hw_semaphore_i225(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💖 igc_get_hw_semaphore_i225(9) 💖

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual — yes that's the manual name, and yes this page lives in it, we love that for us 🎀

This is the page for igc_get_hw_semaphore_i225, and it's literally about grabbing a hardware semaphore. Iconic behavior honestly.

✨ NAME ✨

igc_get_hw_semaphore_i225 — acquire hardware semaphore 💅

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

s32 igc_get_hw_semaphore_i225 (struct igc_hw *hw );

that's the whole vibe check right there, no cap 🫶

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

  • hw — pointer to the HW structure. that's it. that's the whole argument. she's lowkey simple like that ✨

🎀 DESCRIPTION 🎀

Acquire the HW semaphore to access the PHY or NVM 🔥

basically: you need the semaphore before you can touch the PHY or the NVM, so this function goes and gets it. periodt.

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

the kernel file she lives in:

./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igc/igc_i225.c

and her whole friend group, fr fr:

💀 that's the whole page 💀

source is ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igc, version/date stamp is October 2026 — mwah, tysm for reading bestie, go acquire your semaphores responsibly 🧚💜

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