octeon_restart(9)

💅 octeon_restart(9) — Kernel API Manual but make it cute 💅

okay so bestie, welcome to octeon_restart(9) from the Kernel API Manual. This is the page about rebooting Octeon. Yes, the whole vibe is “make it restart,” and we’re gonna read it together. 🫶

🌸 NAME 🌸

octeon_restart — Reboot Octeon. That’s it. That’s the function. iconic. ✨

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

void octeon_restart (char *command );

like, look at that signature. void return, one char *command arg, and a tiny space before the closing paren — we keep it exactly as the manual says, bestie. no editing the source vibes. 💅

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• command — the command to pass to the bootloader. Currently ignored. So yeah, you can hand it a string, but right now it’s literally not doing anything with it. it’s giving decorative parameter 💀✨

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

okay bestie, the cross-reference section ate, and you’re gonna wanna know all of these:

• Kernel file ./arch/mips/cavium-octeon/setup.c
• octeon_is_simulation(9)
• octeon_is_pci_host(9)
• octeon_get_clock_rate(9)
• octeon_write_lcd(9)
• octeon_get_boot_uart(9)
• octeon_get_boot_coremask(9)
• octeon_check_cpu_bist(9)
• octeon_kill_core(9)
• octeon_halt(9)
• octeon_board_type_string(9)
• prom_init(9)

all of those are linked manpage references, so go read them if you’re in your research era. 👑

mwah 💋 sign-off: this page is from source/version ./arch/mips/cavium-octeon, dated October 2026, and the manual is literally octeon_restart(9). slay and reboot responsibly. 🌈💖