ixgbe_check_fw_error(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💖 ixgbe_check_fw_error(9) — Kernel API Manual 💖

okay so bestie, welcome to ixgbe_check_fw_error(9), straight out of the Kernel API Manual. This one is short, sweet, and very “small function, important job” energy. Let’s get into it ✨

🎀 NAME 🎀

ixgbe_check_fw_error — check firmware for errors

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

bool ixgbe_check_fw_error (struct ixgbe_adapter *adapter );

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

  • adapter — the adapter private structure. that’s the adapter’s own private little structure, and yes it is exactly as iconic as it sounds 💅

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

Check firmware errors in register FWSM.

that’s the whole vibe: this function checks firmware errors in register FWSM. no cap, that’s the description, and we are not adding extra lore that isn’t in the page 🫶

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

Kernel file:

  • ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c

and here’s the whole friend group of related pages, fr fr:

and the cute little footer tea is: source/version line says ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i..., the date is October 2026, and ixgbe_check_fw_error(9) gets the last word. periodt 💜🎀

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