igc_reset_hw_base(9)

💅 igc_reset_hw_base — the kernel API manual, bestie edition

okay so real talk, this is igc_reset_hw_base(9), and it's giving "hardware glow-up" energy. It lives in the Kernel API Manual, and it's here to help you reset hardware, periodt. 🫶

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✨ NAME ✨

igc_reset_hw_base — reset hardware. yes, that's literally it. it resets. the hardware. iconic behaviour honestly 💅

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

s32 igc_reset_hw_base (struct igc_hw *hw );

one function, one argument, zero drama. copy it exactly like that, bestie ✨

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• hw — pointer to the HW structure. like, a pointer to the hardware structure. that's the whole vibe. 🦋

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💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

so what does it do? it resets the hardware into a known state. which is lowkey the whole point — you bring the hardware back to somewhere predictable so nothing's out here acting brand new. 🔥

and heads up: this is a function pointer entry point called by the api module. so it's not just some rando function you call directly out of nowhere — the api module is the one calling it through a function pointer. iykyk 😌

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

• Kernel file ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igc/igc_base.c
• igc_init_nvm_params_base(9)
• igc_setup_copper_link_base(9)
• igc_init_mac_params_base(9)
• igc_init_phy_params_base(9)
• igc_acquire_phy_base(9)
• igc_release_phy_base(9)
• igc_init_hw_base(9)
• igc_power_down_phy_copper_base(9)
• igc_rx_fifo_flush_base(9)

all of these are the friend group, go say hi 💜

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anyway that's the whole page, no notes. this one's from ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igc, dated October 2026 — mwah, stan, bye 💋✨🌈