ixgbe_releas...ync_x550em_a(9)

💅 ixgbe_release_swfw_sync_x550em_a(9)

okay so bestie, you're looking at a page from the Kernel API Manual — the ixgbe_release_swfw_sync_x550em_a(9) one specifically — and honestly? it's short, it's sweet, it does one job and it does it slayfully. let's get into it ✨

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🎀 NAME

ixgbe_release_swfw_sync_x550em_a — release that SWFW semaphore, periodt

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🌸 SYNOPSIS

void ixgbe_release_swfw_sync_x550em_a (struct ixgbe_hw *hw , u32 mask );

no cap, that's the whole signature. two args, no return value, she just does the thing 💅

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🦋 ARGUMENTS

• hw — pointer to hardware structure. yeah, the hardware. your fave struct, the main character 🌟
• mask — mask to specify which semaphore to release. like, which one?? this tells you which one 🎯

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⭐ DESCRIPTION

okay so here's the vibe: she releases the SWFW semaphore, and — as needed — she puts the shared PHY token back. that's it. that's the whole function. lowkey iconic for it 🫶

like handing back the group-chat admin rights after you're done. courteous. respectful. 🤝

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💖 SEE ALSO

first up, the kernel file this all lives in — literally right here:

• ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_x550.c

and now the whole friend group, everybody say hi 👋 (no fr, all of these, i'm not skipping a single one):

• ixgbe_read_cs4227(9)
• ixgbe_write_cs4227(9)
• ixgbe_read_pe(9)
• ixgbe_write_pe(9)
• ixgbe_reset_cs4227(9)
• ixgbe_check_cs4227(9)
• ixgbe_read_i2c_combined_generic(9)
• ixgbe_read_i2c_combined_generic_unlocked(9)
• ixgbe_write_i2c_combined_generic(9)
• ixgbe_write_i2c_combined_generic_unlocked(9)
• ixgbe_fw_phy_activity(9)
• ixgbe_get_phy_id_fw(9)
• ixgbe_identify_phy_fw(9)
• ixgbe_shutdown_fw_phy(9)
• ixgbe_setup_fw_link(9)
• ixgbe_fc_autoneg_fw(9)
• ixgbe_iosf_wait(9)
• ixgbe_get_phy_token(9)
• ixgbe_put_phy_token(9)
• ixgbe_write_iosf_sb_reg_x550a(9)
• ixgbe_read_iosf_sb_reg_x550a(9)
• ixgbe_get_bus_info_X550em(9)
• ixgbe_fw_recovery_mode_X550(9)
• ixgbe_setup_ixfi_x550em_x(9)
• ixgbe_restart_an_internal_phy_x550em(9)
• ixgbe_supported_sfp_modules_X550em(9)
• ixgbe_setup_mac_link_sfp_x550em(9)
• ixgbe_setup_sfi_x550a(9)
• ixgbe_setup_mac_link_sfp_n(9)
• ixgbe_setup_mac_link_sfp_x550a(9)
• ixgbe_setup_mac_link_t_X550em(9)
• ixgbe_setup_sgmii(9)
• ixgbe_setup_sgmii_fw(9)
• ixgbe_fc_autoneg_sgmii_x550em_a(9)
• ixgbe_get_lasi_ext_t_x550em(9)
• ixgbe_enable_lasi_ext_t_x550em(9)
• ixgbe_handle_lasi_ext_t_x550em(9)
• ixgbe_setup_kr_speed_x550em(9)
• ixgbe_setup_kr_x550em(9)
• ixgbe_led_on_t_x550em(9)
• ixgbe_led_off_t_x550em(9)
• ixgbe_set_fw_drv_ver_x550(9)
• ixgbe_setup_fc_x550em(9)
• ixgbe_fc_autoneg_backplane_x550em_a(9)
• ixgbe_fc_autoneg_fiber_x550em_a(9)
• ixgbe_reset_phy_fw(9)
• ixgbe_check_overtemp_fw(9)
• ixgbe_read_mng_if_sel_x550em(9)
• ixgbe_set_mdio_speed(9)
• ixgbe_setup_fc_backplane_x550em_a(9)
• ixgbe_set_mux(9)
• ixgbe_acquire_swfw_sync_X550em(9)
• ixgbe_release_swfw_sync_X550em(9)
• ixgbe_acquire_swfw_sync_x550em_a(9)
• ixgbe_read_phy_reg_x550a(9)
• ixgbe_write_phy_reg_x550a(9)
• ixgbe_enable_mdd_x550(9)
• ixgbe_disable_mdd_x550(9)
• ixgbe_restore_mdd_vf_x550(9)
• ixgbe_handle_mdd_x550(9)

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🌈 SIGN-OFF

and that's the page, bestie!! 🧚 this one came from ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i... (the path got a little truncated, she's shy 🙈) and it's dated October 2026, tagged as ixgbe_releas...ync_x550em_a(9) — same title as the top, living that symmetric queen life 👑💜 go release that semaphore, you've got this ✨