ixgbe_io_slot_reset(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

okay so you clicked on ixgbe_io_slot_reset(9) and honestly? good choice bestie 💅 this one's from the Kernel API Manual, and it's short, sweet, and does exactly one dramatic thing. let's get into it 🫶

💖 NAME 💖

ixgbe_io_slot_reset — the function that gets called after the pci bus has been reset. that's it, that's the whole job 🎀

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

pci_ers_result_t ixgbe_io_slot_reset (struct pci_dev *pdev );

like, she takes a struct pci_dev * and hands you back a pci_ers_result_t. no cap, that's the signature 🌈

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

  • pdev — Pointer to PCI device. yep, that's the one — it's a pointer to the PCI device, and she is not optional, she's literally the whole input 🦋

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

Restart the card from scratch, as if from a cold-boot. ✨

like, genuinely from scratch — not a little nudge, not a soft reset, we're talking the full "pretend this thing just got powered on for the very first time" treatment. cold-boot energy only, periodt 🔥

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

the kernel file herself lives at ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c — go say hi, she's iconic 🎀

and here's the whole squad, all in (9) section, all linked, all accounted for — not a single one skipped, i would never 🙈

bestie note 🫶 this page only tells you when it's called and what it does in one line — it does not promise anything about return values beyond the type, so don't go making stuff up about it, mwah 💋

and that's the whole page, you ate that 💅 before you go: this one's sourced from ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i..., dated October 2026. save it, cite it, love it 🎀✨💖

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