ixgbevf_rele...ck_vf_legacy(9)

💅 ixgbevf_release_mbx_lock_vf_legacy(9) — from the Kernel API Manual, bestie ✨

okay so first of all, welcome to the Kernel API Manual, the place where all the little driver functions live 🎀 and today's main character is ixgbevf_release_mbx_lock_vf_legacy — say that five times fast, I dare you 😭

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🌸 NAME 🌸

ixgbevf_release_mbx_lock_vf_legacy — literally just release mailbox lock, that's the whole vibe, no notes 🫶

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

void ixgbevf_release_mbx_lock_vf_legacy (struct ixgbe_hw *hw );

that's it. one function. void return. it's giving "i do one thing and i do it well" 👑

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• hw — pointer to the ixgbe_hw structure, bestie. that's the handle to the HW structure you're handing over. iconic little pointer, does exactly what it says 💖

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🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

the whole friend group shows up for this one, fr fr:

• Kernel file ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/mbx.c
• ixgbevf_poll_for_msg(9), ixgbevf_poll_for_ack(9),
• ixgbevf_read_mailbox_vf(9), ixgbevf_clear_msg_vf(9),
• ixgbevf_clear_ack_vf(9), ixgbevf_clear_rst_vf(9),
• ixgbevf_check_for_bit_vf(9), ixgbevf_check_for_msg_vf(9),
• ixgbevf_check_for_ack_vf(9), ixgbevf_check_for_rst_vf(9),
• ixgbevf_obtain_mbx_lock_vf(9), ixgbevf_release_mbx_lock_vf(9),
• ixgbevf_write_mbx_vf(9), ixgbevf_write_mbx_vf_legacy(9),
• ixgbevf_read_mbx_vf(9), ixgbevf_read_mbx_vf_legacy(9),
• ixgbevf_init_mbx_params_vf(9), ixgbevf_poll_mbx(9), ixgbevf_write_mbx(9)

like, the entire ixgbevf mailbox squad is in the group chat, no cap 💀

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anyway, that's the page! mwah 💋 this one came from ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i... and it's dated October 2026 — so yeah, future-era manpage energy, slay ⭐🌈