ixgbe_fw_recovery_mode_X550(9)

💅 ixgbe_fw_recovery_mode_X550 ✨

okay so real quick bestie — this page is ixgbe_fw_recovery_mode_X550(9) from the Kernel API Manual, and it's a little one-function baddie that does exactly one thing. no cap. let's get into it 🫶

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✨ NAME ✨

ixgbe_fw_recovery_mode_X550 — the vibe check that tells you if you're in FW NVM recovery mode 🎀

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

bool ixgbe_fw_recovery_mode_X550 (struct ixgbe_hw *hw );

it's giving "takes one pointer, returns one bool." main character energy fr fr 💅

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• hw — pointer to hardware structure. that's it. that's the whole argument. she's low maintenance 👑

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💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

Returns true if in FW NVM recovery mode. 🌈

like, literally that's it. if you're in FW NVM recovery mode you get true, and if you're not... you don't. obsessed with the clarity honestly 💀✨

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🎀 SEE ALSO 🎀

the kernel file where all the magic lives:

• ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_x550.c

and now the extremely long list of neighbors, aka the whole ixgbe friend group 🧚 — every single one of these is cited as name(9):

• ixgbe_read_cs4227(9)
• ixgbe_write_cs4227(9)
• ixgbe_read_pe(9)
• ixgbe_write_pe(9)
• ixgbe_reset_cs4227(9)
• ixgbe_check_cs4227(9)
• ixgbe_read_i2c_combined_generic(9)
• ixgbe_read_i2c_combined_generic_unlocked(9)
• ixgbe_write_i2c_combined_generic(9)
• ixgbe_write_i2c_combined_generic_unlocked(9)
• ixgbe_fw_phy_activity(9)
• ixgbe_get_phy_id_fw(9)
• ixgbe_identify_phy_fw(9)
• ixgbe_shutdown_fw_phy(9)
• ixgbe_setup_fw_link(9)
• ixgbe_fc_autoneg_fw(9)
• ixgbe_iosf_wait(9)
• ixgbe_get_phy_token(9)
• ixgbe_put_phy_token(9)
• ixgbe_write_iosf_sb_reg_x550a(9)
• ixgbe_read_iosf_sb_reg_x550a(9)
• ixgbe_get_bus_info_X550em(9)
• ixgbe_setup_ixfi_x550em_x(9)
• ixgbe_restart_an_internal_phy_x550em(9)
• ixgbe_supported_sfp_modules_X550em(9)
• ixgbe_setup_mac_link_sfp_x550em(9)
• ixgbe_setup_sfi_x550a(9)
• ixgbe_setup_mac_link_sfp_n(9)
• ixgbe_setup_mac_link_sfp_x550a(9)
• ixgbe_setup_mac_link_t_X550em(9)
• ixgbe_setup_sgmii(9)
• ixgbe_setup_sgmii_fw(9)
• ixgbe_fc_autoneg_sgmii_x550em_a(9)
• ixgbe_get_lasi_ext_t_x550em(9)
• ixgbe_enable_lasi_ext_t_x550em(9)
• ixgbe_handle_lasi_ext_t_x550em(9)
• ixgbe_setup_kr_speed_x550em(9)
• ixgbe_setup_kr_x550em(9)
• ixgbe_led_on_t_x550em(9)
• ixgbe_led_off_t_x550em(9)
• ixgbe_set_fw_drv_ver_x550(9)
• ixgbe_setup_fc_x550em(9)
• ixgbe_fc_autoneg_backplane_x550em_a(9)
• ixgbe_fc_autoneg_fiber_x550em_a(9)
• ixgbe_reset_phy_fw(9)
• ixgbe_check_overtemp_fw(9)
• ixgbe_read_mng_if_sel_x550em(9)
• ixgbe_set_mdio_speed(9)
• ixgbe_setup_fc_backplane_x550em_a(9)
• ixgbe_set_mux(9)
• ixgbe_acquire_swfw_sync_X550em(9)
• ixgbe_release_swfw_sync_X550em(9)
• ixgbe_acquire_swfw_sync_x550em_a(9)
• ixgbe_release_swfw_sync_x550em_a(9)
• ixgbe_read_phy_reg_x550a(9)
• ixgbe_write_phy_reg_x550a(9)
• ixgbe_enable_mdd_x550(9)
• ixgbe_disable_mdd_x550(9)
• ixgbe_restore_mdd_vf_x550(9)
• ixgbe_handle_mdd_x550(9)

like I said. the whole friend group. say hi to all sixty of them for me 😭💜

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no warnings, no exit statuses, no environment variables — this page is refreshingly drama-free. the only plot twist is that it's a bool 💀

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okay that's the whole page, bestie!! source is that kernel path ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i... (truncated by the man page itself, not me 🙈) and it's dated October 2026 — so mark your calendar, and remember: ixgbe_fw_recovery_mode_X550(9), slay, periodt 🌟👑