ixgbe_schedule_fw_event(9)

🌸 ixgbe_schedule_fw_event(9) — Kernel API Manual, bestie edition 💅

okay so picture this: you're deep in the ixgbe driver, the Kernel API Manual is open, and you just need to poke the firmware event scheduler. bestie, i gotchu. this is section 9, driver-land, and it's honestly so chill it's basically one function and one vibe check. 🦋

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✨ NAME ✨

ixgbe_schedule_fw_event — schedule Firmware event 👑

like, that's it. that's the whole job. it schedules a firmware event. no cap. ✨

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🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

void ixgbe_schedule_fw_event (struct ixgbe_adapter *adapter );

returns nothing (void, she gives nothing and takes nothing 💅), and it takes exactly one thing. iconic behaviour honestly.

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💖 ARGUMENTS 💖

• adapter — pointer to the adapter structure 🫶. that's your struct ixgbe_adapter *, the main character of this whole story. hand it over and we're in business.

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🔥 DESCRIPTION 🔥

here's the tea ☕: if the adapter is not in down state, not in removing state, and not in resetting state, then an event gets scheduled. that's the whole condition. slay.

the way that it works is basically a vibe check on the adapter first — is she down? is she being removed? is she mid-reset? if any of those are true, no event gets scheduled. if none of them are true (i.e. the adapter is not in down, removing or resetting state), bestie, an event is scheduled. periodt. ✨

no return value to worry about, no flags to pass, no defaults to memorise. just a clean little state gate. obsessed. 🧚

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

first up, the source file herself, no cap:

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

and then the whole extended friend group 😭 — copy-pasted exactly, because i would never lose one of your faves:

ixgbe_pcie_from_parent(9), ixgbe_read_reg(9), ixgbe_set_ivar(9), ixgbe_get_vf_idx(9), ixgbe_tx_timeout_reset(9), ixgbe_tx_maxrate(9), ixgbe_update_tx_ring_stats(9), ixgbe_update_rx_ring_stats(9), ixgbe_pf_handle_tx_hang(9), ixgbe_vf_handle_tx_hang(9), ixgbe_check_illegal_queue(9), ixgbe_handle_mdd_event(9), ixgbe_clean_tx_irq(9), ixgbe_rx_is_fcoe(9), ixgbe_rx_checksum(9), ixgbe_alloc_rx_buffers(9), ixgbe_process_skb_fields(9), ixgbe_is_non_eop(9), ixgbe_pull_tail(9), ixgbe_dma_sync_frag(9), ixgbe_cleanup_headers(9), ixgbe_reuse_rx_page(9), ixgbe_add_rx_frag(9), ixgbe_clean_rx_irq(9), ixgbe_configure_msix(9), ixgbe_update_itr(9), ixgbe_write_eitr(9), ixgbe_check_overtemp_subtask(9), ixgbe_check_phy_fw_load(9), ixgbe_check_module_power(9), ixgbe_check_link_cfg_err(9), ixgbe_process_link_status_event(9), ixgbe_handle_link_status_event(9), ixgbe_aci_event_cleanup(9), ixgbe_handle_fw_event(9), ixgbe_irq_enable(9), ixgbe_poll(9), ixgbe_request_msix_irqs(9), ixgbe_intr(9), ixgbe_request_irq(9), ixgbe_irq_disable(9), ixgbe_configure_msi_and_legacy(9), ixgbe_configure_tx_ring(9), ixgbe_configure_tx(9), ixgbe_rss_indir_tbl_entries(9), ixgbe_store_key(9), ixgbe_init_rss_key(9), ixgbe_store_reta(9), ixgbe_store_vfreta(9), ixgbe_configure_rscctl(9), ixgbe_configure_rx(9), ixgbe_vlan_strip_disable(9), ixgbe_vlan_strip_enable(9), ixgbe_write_mc_addr_list(9), ixgbe_set_rx_mode(9), ixgbe_configure_dcb(9), ixgbe_hpbthresh(9), ixgbe_lpbthresh(9), ixgbe_clean_rx_ring(9), ixgbe_enable_link_status_events(9), ixgbe_disable_link_status_events(9), ixgbe_sfp_link_config(9), ixgbe_non_sfp_link_config(9), ixgbe_check_media_subtask(9), ixgbe_clear_vf_stats_counters(9), ixgbe_clean_tx_ring(9), ixgbe_clean_all_rx_rings(9), ixgbe_clean_all_tx_rings(9), ixgbe_set_eee_capable(9), ixgbe_tx_timeout(9), ixgbe_sw_init(9), ixgbe_setup_tx_resources(9), ixgbe_setup_all_tx_resources(9), ixgbe_setup_rx_resources(9), ixgbe_setup_all_rx_resources(9), ixgbe_free_tx_resources(9), ixgbe_free_all_tx_resources(9), ixgbe_free_rx_resources(9), ixgbe_free_all_rx_resources(9), ixgbe_max_xdp_frame_size(9), ixgbe_change_mtu(9), ixgbe_open(9), ixgbe_close(9), ixgbe_update_stats(9), ixgbe_fdir_reinit_subtask(9), ixgbe_check_hang_subtask(9), ixgbe_watchdog_update_link(9), ixgbe_watchdog_link_is_up(9), ixgbe_watchdog_link_is_down(9), ixgbe_watchdog_flush_tx(9), ixgbe_watchdog_subtask(9), ixgbe_sfp_detection_subtask(9), ixgbe_sfp_link_config_subtask(9), ixgbe_service_timer(9), ixgbe_check_fw_error(9), ixgbe_service_task(9), ixgbe_set_mac(9), ixgbe_add_sanmac_netdev(9), ixgbe_del_sanmac_netdev(9), ixgbe_validate_rtr(9), ixgbe_set_prio_tc_map(9), ixgbe_setup_tc(9), ixgbe_configure_bridge_mode(9), ixgbe_irq_disable_single(9), ixgbe_txrx_ring_disable(9), ixgbe_txrx_ring_enable(9), ixgbe_enumerate_functions(9), ixgbe_wol_supported(9), ixgbe_set_fw_version_e610(9), ixgbe_set_fw_version(9), ixgbe_recovery_probe(9), ixgbe_probe(9), ixgbe_remove(9), ixgbe_io_error_detected(9), ixgbe_io_slot_reset(9), ixgbe_io_resume(9), ixgbe_init_module(9), ixgbe_exit_module(9)

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bestie reminder: the scheduling only happens when the adapter is not down, not removing, and not resetting. if she's in any of those states, nothing gets scheduled. that's the whole gate. 💀 don't fight it.

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okay and for the sign-off 🎀 — this absolute gem comes from the source/version line ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i... and it's dated October 2026, so yeah, future tech, main character energy, we love to see it. mwah 💜💅✨