ixgbe_start_hw_gen2(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 ixgbe_start_hw_gen2 — Kernel API Manual ✨

okay so bestie, grab your iced coffee, because this one's from the Linux kernel's man page collection (you know, the Kernel API Manual vibe) and it's genuinely a little iconic. let's get into it 🫶

🌸 NAME 🌸

ixgbe_start_hw_gen2 — the init sequence for the common device family, no cap 💫

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

int ixgbe_start_hw_gen2 (struct ixgbe_hw *hw );

literally that's the whole call. one function, one pointer, done. periodt.

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

  • hw — a pointer to the hw structure 💖 that's the one thing you gotta hand it.

⭐ DESCRIPTION ⭐

so what does it actually do? it performs the init sequence common to the second generation of 10 GbE devices ✨ like, it's the shared glowed-up setup routine, and it runs it for you.

and which devices are in the second generation, you ask? i got you 👑

  • 82599
  • X540
  • E610

those three. that's the squad. 🎀

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

okay this list is long long, but every single one of these is linked and you're gonna slay your way through it 💅

like… that's the whole friend group and they all showed up to the party 😭💜

mwah 💋 this page came from ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i... and the version stamp says October 2026 — so yeah, living in the future, as she should 💅✨

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