ixgbe_clear_...ntrs_generic(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 ixgbe_clear_hw_cntrs_generic — the "Kernel API Manual" girlie has entered the chat

okay so bestie, welcome to the <pink>Kernel API Manual</pink>, and today's main character is a little function called ixgbe_clear_hw_cntrs_generic. yes the manpage title is literally ixgbe_clear_...ntrs_generic(9) because the terminal had to truncate it and honestly? relatable, she's long. 🎀

✨ NAME ✨

ixgbe_clear_hw_cntrs_generic — the generic "clear the hardware counters" babe 💖

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

int ixgbe_clear_hw_cntrs_generic (struct ixgbe_hw *hw );

🌸 ARGUMENTS 🌸

  • hw — pointer to hardware structure. that's it. that's the whole roster. one (1) pointer to the hardware struct and she's ready to go 🫶

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so what she do: ixgbe_clear_hw_cntrs_generic clears all the hardware statistics counters. and the way she does it is by reading them from the hardware — lowkey iconic, ngl.

and the reason reading works is the actual tea: statistics counters are clear on read. like, the act of looking at them resets them. gaze upon the counter and it yeets itself into the void. no separate wipe step, no scrubbing, just vibes ✨

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

the whole ixgbe cinematic universe, fr fr — grab a snack, this is a long credit roll 😭

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

and then, in order, the extended family:

and that's the page, bestie 🧚 no cap, every single cross-reference is up there and accounted for.

🌸 little sign-off moment 🌸 — this one comes from the Kernel API Manual, sourced out of ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i... (yes that's the dramatically truncated version, the terminal said "that's all you get"), and dated October 2026. she's serving ixgbe_clear_...ntrs_generic(9) on both ends, forehead and footer, symmetrical queen 👑💜

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