ixgbe_blink_...stop_generic(9)

🌸 NAME 🌸

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual, page ixgbe_blink_...stop_generic(9) — and no, the name isn't actually cursed, the header line is just squeezing it. The real star of the show is:

ixgbe_blink_led_stop_generic — Stop blinking LED based on index.

that's it. that's the whole vibe. it's the "girl put the light down" function ✨ no more rave on the NIC, we're going to bed 💅

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

like, here's the signature, copy it exactly bestie, don't freestyle:

int ixgbe_blink_led_stop_generic (struct ixgbe_hw *hw , u32 index );

the way it returns an int and takes exactly two things… lowkey iconic 🫶

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• hw — pointer to hardware structure. it's giving "your NIC, but as a struct". you hand it over, it knows where the hardware lives 🦋
• index — led number to stop blinking. yes bestie, which led — because apparently one dramatic blinking light was not enough 👀

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💖 SEE ALSO 💖

first up, the actual home turf — this is where the code lives, fr fr:

• Kernel file ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_common.c 🏠

then there's the whole extended friend group. like, this function has SO many mutuals, it's genuinely a group chat 😭

the "we literally just met" tier — general hardware + link setup:

• ixgbe_device_supports_autoneg_fc(9), ixgbe_setup_fc_generic(9), ixgbe_start_hw_generic(9), ixgbe_start_hw_gen2(9), ixgbe_init_hw_generic(9), ixgbe_clear_hw_cntrs_generic(9), ixgbe_read_pba_string_generic(9), ixgbe_get_mac_addr_generic(9), ixgbe_get_bus_info_generic(9), ixgbe_set_lan_id_multi_port_pcie(9), ixgbe_stop_adapter_generic(9), ixgbe_init_led_link_act_generic(9)

the LED besties (this is the family right here, periodt):

• ixgbe_led_on_generic(9), ixgbe_led_off_generic(9), ixgbe_init_eeprom_params_generic(9)

the EEPROM cinematic universe — bit-bang era, we're shifting bits manually and we're not sorry:

• ixgbe_write_eeprom_buffer_bit_bang_generic(9), ixgbe_write_eeprom_buffer_bit_bang(9), ixgbe_write_eeprom_generic(9), ixgbe_read_eeprom_buffer_bit_bang_generic(9), ixgbe_read_eeprom_buffer_bit_bang(9), ixgbe_read_eeprom_bit_bang_generic(9), ixgbe_read_eerd_buffer_generic(9), ixgbe_detect_eeprom_page_size_generic(9), ixgbe_read_eerd_generic(9), ixgbe_write_eewr_buffer_generic(9), ixgbe_write_eewr_generic(9), ixgbe_poll_eerd_eewr_done(9), ixgbe_acquire_eeprom(9), ixgbe_get_eeprom_semaphore(9), ixgbe_release_eeprom_semaphore(9), ixgbe_ready_eeprom(9), ixgbe_standby_eeprom(9), ixgbe_shift_out_eeprom_bits(9), ixgbe_shift_in_eeprom_bits(9), ixgbe_raise_eeprom_clk(9), ixgbe_lower_eeprom_clk(9), ixgbe_release_eeprom(9), ixgbe_calc_eeprom_checksum_generic(9), ixgbe_validate_eeprom_checksum_generic(9), ixgbe_update_eeprom_checksum_generic(9)

filters, filters, filters — RAR, MTA, multicast and flow control 💀:

• ixgbe_set_rar_generic(9), ixgbe_clear_rar_generic(9), ixgbe_init_rx_addrs_generic(9), ixgbe_mta_vector(9), ixgbe_set_mta(9), ixgbe_update_mc_addr_list_generic(9), ixgbe_enable_mc_generic(9), ixgbe_disable_mc_generic(9), ixgbe_fc_enable_generic(9), ixgbe_negotiate_fc(9), ixgbe_fc_autoneg_fiber(9), ixgbe_fc_autoneg_backplane(9), ixgbe_fc_autoneg_copper(9), ixgbe_fc_autoneg(9)

PCIe, sync, and buffer behaviour — the "please don't deadlock" department 🙈:

• ixgbe_pcie_timeout_poll(9), ixgbe_disable_pcie_primary(9), ixgbe_acquire_swfw_sync(9), ixgbe_release_swfw_sync(9), prot_autoc_read_generic(9), prot_autoc_write_generic(9), ixgbe_disable_rx_buff_generic(9), ixgbe_enable_rx_buff_generic(9), ixgbe_enable_rx_dma_generic(9), ixgbe_blink_led_start_generic(9)

(ooh and hey — ixgbe_blink_led_start_generic(9) is right there if you ever want the light to come BACK. the circle of life 🧚)

the absolute final boss list — VLANs, VMDq, firmware, thermal, and friends 🌈:

• ixgbe_get_san_mac_addr_offset(9), ixgbe_get_san_mac_addr_generic(9), ixgbe_get_pcie_msix_count_generic(9), ixgbe_clear_vmdq_generic(9), ixgbe_set_vmdq_generic(9), ixgbe_set_vmdq_san_mac_generic(9), ixgbe_init_uta_tables_generic(9), ixgbe_find_vlvf_slot(9), ixgbe_set_vfta_generic(9), ixgbe_clear_vfta_generic(9), ixgbe_need_crosstalk_fix(9), ixgbe_check_mac_link_generic(9), ixgbe_get_wwn_prefix_generic(9), ixgbe_set_mac_anti_spoofing(9), ixgbe_set_vlan_anti_spoofing(9), ixgbe_get_device_caps_generic(9), ixgbe_set_rxpba_generic(9), ixgbe_calculate_checksum(9), ixgbe_hic_unlocked(9), ixgbe_host_interface_command(9), ixgbe_set_fw_drv_ver_generic(9), ixgbe_clear_tx_pending(9), ixgbe_get_ets_data(9), ixgbe_get_thermal_sensor_data_generic(9), ixgbe_init_thermal_sensor_thresh_generic(9), ixgbe_get_orom_version(9), ixgbe_get_oem_prod_version(9), ixgbe_get_etk_id(9), ixgbe_setup_mac_link_multispeed_fiber(9), ixgbe_set_soft_rate_select_speed(9)

like… ninety-something functions in the same ixgbe_common.c house. that's not a file, that's a whole ✨situation✨

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okay that's the whole page bestie, drink some water 🍓 this one came out of ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i... — the manual page for ixgbe_blink_...stop_generic(9) — dated October 2026, and yes the date is in the future, don't ask, the kernel timeline is its own main character 💜 mwah, go stop some LEDs responsibly 💅