ixgbe_start_hw_82598(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 ixgbe_start_hw_82598(9) 💅

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual — yes, that's the manual name, and yes, we're reading kernel docs together, this is our bonding era 🫶

✨ NAME ✨

ixgbe_start_hw_82598 — the little function that gets your hardware ready for Tx/Rx, no cap 💖

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

int ixgbe_start_hw_82598 (struct ixgbe_hw *hw );

like, it takes exactly one thing and returns an int, iconic behavior honestly ✨

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

  • hw — pointer to hardware structure. that's the whole vibe. it's your hardware struct, hand it over 💅

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

okay so here's the tea ☕ — this thing starts the hardware using the generic start_hw function. super straightforward, main character energy, love that for it.

then it does two more little tasks, and honestly they're the whole point of this wrapper:

  • Disables relaxed ordering for archs other than SPARC — SPARC girlies keep their relaxed ordering, everyone else, nope, not today 🙈
  • Then set pcie completion timeout — that's it, that's the step. set it. periodt. 🔥

so the order is literally: start hardware → disable relaxed ordering (non-SPARC archs only) → set pcie completion timeout. three steps, no drama, no notes 💜

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

the whole extended friend group, iykyk 👑

fr fr bestie, that's the whole page. go read the source file if you want the full lore 🍓

okay and finally, the cute little sign-off: this page comes from ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i... (the path gets cut off in the footer, that's just how it is 😭) and it's dated October 2026 — see you in the future, mwah 💋🧚‍♀️✨

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