ixgbe_poll_...te_done_X540(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 ixgbe_poll_flash_update_done_X540 — Kernel API Manual, section 9 🎀

okay so bestie, welcome to the ixgbe_poll_flash_update_done_X540(9) page — yes that name is a whole mouthful, yes it's from the Kernel API Manual (section 9, kernel-space girlies only), and yes we're gonna get through it together 💖

✨ NAME ✨

ixgbe_poll_flash_update_done_X540 — literally just polls the flash update status. that's it. that's the whole job 🫶

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

int ixgbe_poll_flash_update_done_X540 (struct ixgbe_hw *hw );

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

  • hw — pointer to hardware structure 💫 (this is THE main character of the function, no cap)

👑 DESCRIPTION 👑

so what this icon actually does: it polls the FLUDONE bit — that's bit 26 — of the EEC Register, to figure out when the flash update is done 🔥

like, it just sits there checking the vibe of that one bit until the update says it's finished. patient queen behaviour honestly 💅

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

Kernel file ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_x540.c — go read the source, iykyk 📖

and the whole X540 fam, all in their section 9 era:

like... the whole friend group showed up. obsessed 🫶✨

ngl bestie, if you're here you're probably deep in driver land — that's a flex, not a red flag 💜

okay that's the page!! mwah 💋 this one came from ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i... and it's dated October 2026, and the footer's whole vibe is just ixgbe_poll_...te_done_X540(9) again because the manpage said so — slay, periodt, bye 🎀🧚💖

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