mlx5_cmd_exec(9)

🌸 mlx5_cmd_exec(9) 🌸

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💖 NAME 💖

mlx5_cmd_exec — executes a fw command, wait for completion. literally what it says, and it’s giving extremely useful kernel energy ✨

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

int mlx5_cmd_exec (struct mlx5_core_dev *dev , void *in , int in_size , void *out , int out_size );

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🧚 ARGUMENTS 🧚

• dev — mlx5 core device 🫶
• in — inbox mlx5_ifc command buffer
• in_size — inbox buffer size
• out — outbox mlx5_ifc buffer
• out_size — outbox size

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🔥 RETURN 🔥

0 if no error, FW command execution was successful and outbox status is ok. so yeah, zero is the slay result here 👑✨

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• Kernel file ./drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/cmd.c
• mlx5_cmd_do(9)
• mlx5_cmd_exec_polling(9)
• mlx5_cmd_cleanup_async_ctx(9)

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okay bestie that’s the whole page 💅 the footer says source path ./drivers/net/ethernet/mellano... and date October 2026, and the page is mlx5_cmd_exec(9). mwah 💋✨