ixgbe_led_on_generic(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 ixgbe_led_on_generic(9) — the Kernel API Manual, bestie edition ✨

okay so this is a page straight out of the Kernel API Manual, and we're talking about ixgbe_led_on_generic — yes, the little function that hits the lights 💡 no cap.

🌸 NAME 🌸

ixgbe_led_on_generic — turns on the software controllable LEDs. that's it. that's the whole vibe. it's giving "flip the switch, bestie" ✨

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

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

like, look at her. iconic signature. returns an int, takes a hardware pointer and an index, periodt 💅

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

  • hw — pointer to hardware structure. it's the hardware bestie, the main character of this whole operation 🫶
  • index — led number to turn on. which LED are we lighting up? you tell her 💖

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

so there's a whole friend group here, and honestly? it's a lot of them. go look at the kernel file ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_common.c first, then vibe with the rest:

like I said. huge friend group. iykyk 🧚

ngl bestie, that's genuinely the whole page — no hidden OPTIONS, no RETURN VALUE section, no environment variables, no exit statuses, no bugs to warn you about. just the function, her args, and her extremely long list of mutuals 💀

and that's a wrap! 🎀 signed off from ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i... — october 2026, the source/version and date, slay ✨ love that for us, go turn on an LED 💖

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