ixgbe_poll_for_ack(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

✨ ixgbe_poll_for_ack(9) ✨

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual — this is the ixgbe_poll_for_ack page and it's literally the "did you hear me back tho??" of the ixgbe mailbox world 💅

🌸 NAME 🌸

ixgbe_poll_for_ack — wait for message acknowledgement 👀

like, you sent a message, and now you're just standing there waiting for the ack. the suspense. the drama. iconic behavior honestly.

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

int ixgbe_poll_for_ack (struct ixgbe_hw *hw , u16 mbx_id );

that's it, that's the whole vibe check 🎀

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

  • hw — pointer to the HW structure 🫶 (yes, the hardware struct, she's the main character here)
  • mbx_id — id of mailbox to write 💌 like, which mailbox are we sliding into

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

returns SUCCESS if it successfully received a message acknowledgement ✨

that's the whole deal. no cap. you wait, and if the ack shows up you get SUCCESS, periodt 🧚

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

the kernel file, in all her glory:

  • Kernel file ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_mbx.c

and the whole friend group 🫶 (they all live together, it's giving group chat):

💀 reminder bestie: this page is from ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i... — that's the truncated source path, she got cut off but she's still slaying

and that's the whole page!! ily, go get that acknowledgement 💜

— xoxo, ixgbe_poll_for_ack(9), dated October 2026 🎀🦋

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