ixgbe_releas...fw_sync_X540(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💖 ixgbe_release_swfw_sync_X540 — Kernel API Manual ✨

okay so bestie, welcome to the ixgbe_release_swfw_sync_X540(9) page — yes that name is a mouthful, yes it's giving "my password is my cat's name plus 47 numbers", but we're gonna get through it together 🫶

🌸 NAME 🌸

ixgbe_release_swfw_sync_X540 — release that SWFW semaphore, queen 👑

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

void ixgbe_release_swfw_sync_X540 (struct ixgbe_hw *hw , u32 mask );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

  • hw — pointer to the hardware structure 💅 like, the whole hardware vibe lives in here
  • mask — the mask that specifies which semaphore you're releasing. pick your fighter, bestie 🦋

🌈 DESCRIPTION 🌈

So what does this actually do?? It releases the SWFW semaphore, through the SW_FW_SYNC register, for the specified function — and the specified function is one of: CSR, PHY0, PHY1, EVM, or Flash ⭐

That's it. That's the whole thing. It's the "okay you can have the aux back" of kernel functions 🔥

💜 SEE ALSO 💜

Kernel file: ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_x540.c

and the whole friend group 👑:

like… the whole _X540 cinematic universe, no cap 😭🎬

ngl bestie, if you're calling the release function without having called the acquire one first, that's a vibe check you are going to fail 💀

mwah 💋 this page came from ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i..., dated October 2026 — ixgbe_releas...fw_sync_X540(9) forever and always, periodt ✨💖

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