prot_autoc_read_generic(9)

✨ prot_autoc_read_generic(9) ✨

okay bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual page for prot_autoc_read_generic(9) — this one is giving "small helper, main character energy" and we're gonna get into it 💖

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🌸 NAME 🌸

prot_autoc_read_generic — hides MAC differences needed for AUTOC read 🦋

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

int prot_autoc_read_generic (struct ixgbe_hw *hw , bool *locked , u32
*reg_val );

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• hw — pointer to hardware structure 💻
• locked — bool to indicate whether the SW/FW lock should be taken. Never true in this the generic case. 🔒
• reg_val — value we read from AUTOC 🍓

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💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

so the default case requires no protection, meaning it's literally just the register read. no extra drama, no lock-taking nonsense — just read the thing and move on, periodt ✨

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👀 SEE ALSO 👀

bestie, go peek at these — no cap, this is the whole squad:

• Kernel file: ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_common.c
• ixgbe_device_supports_autoneg_fc(9)
• ixgbe_setup_fc_generic(9)
• ixgbe_start_hw_generic(9)
• ixgbe_start_hw_gen2(9)
• ixgbe_init_hw_generic(9)
• ixgbe_clear_hw_cntrs_generic(9)
• ixgbe_read_pba_string_generic(9)
• ixgbe_get_mac_addr_generic(9)
• ixgbe_get_bus_info_generic(9)
• ixgbe_set_lan_id_multi_port_pcie(9)
• ixgbe_stop_adapter_generic(9)
• ixgbe_init_led_link_act_generic(9)
• ixgbe_led_on_generic(9)
• ixgbe_led_off_generic(9)
• ixgbe_init_eeprom_params_generic(9)
• ixgbe_write_eeprom_buffer_bit_bang_generic(9)
• ixgbe_write_eeprom_buffer_bit_bang(9)
• ixgbe_write_eeprom_generic(9)
• ixgbe_read_eeprom_buffer_bit_bang_generic(9)
• ixgbe_read_eeprom_buffer_bit_bang(9)
• ixgbe_read_eeprom_bit_bang_generic(9)
• ixgbe_read_eerd_buffer_generic(9)
• ixgbe_detect_eeprom_page_size_generic(9)
• ixgbe_read_eerd_generic(9)
• ixgbe_write_eewr_buffer_generic(9)
• ixgbe_write_eewr_generic(9)
• ixgbe_poll_eerd_eewr_done(9)
• ixgbe_acquire_eeprom(9)
• ixgbe_get_eeprom_semaphore(9)
• ixgbe_release_eeprom_semaphore(9)
• ixgbe_ready_eeprom(9)
• ixgbe_standby_eeprom(9)
• ixgbe_shift_out_eeprom_bits(9)
• ixgbe_shift_in_eeprom_bits(9)
• ixgbe_raise_eeprom_clk(9)
• ixgbe_lower_eeprom_clk(9)
• ixgbe_release_eeprom(9)
• ixgbe_calc_eeprom_checksum_generic(9)
• ixgbe_validate_eeprom_checksum_generic(9)
• ixgbe_update_eeprom_checksum_generic(9)
• ixgbe_set_rar_generic(9)
• ixgbe_clear_rar_generic(9)
• ixgbe_init_rx_addrs_generic(9)
• ixgbe_mta_vector(9)
• ixgbe_set_mta(9)
• ixgbe_update_mc_addr_list_generic(9)
• ixgbe_enable_mc_generic(9)
• ixgbe_disable_mc_generic(9)
• ixgbe_fc_enable_generic(9)
• ixgbe_negotiate_fc(9)
• ixgbe_fc_autoneg_fiber(9)
• ixgbe_fc_autoneg_backplane(9)
• ixgbe_fc_autoneg_copper(9)
• ixgbe_fc_autoneg(9)
• ixgbe_pcie_timeout_poll(9)
• ixgbe_disable_pcie_primary(9)
• ixgbe_acquire_swfw_sync(9)
• ixgbe_release_swfw_sync(9)
• prot_autoc_write_generic(9)
• ixgbe_disable_rx_buff_generic(9)
• ixgbe_enable_rx_buff_generic(9)
• ixgbe_enable_rx_dma_generic(9)
• ixgbe_blink_led_start_generic(9)
• ixgbe_blink_led_stop_generic(9)
• ixgbe_get_san_mac_addr_offset(9)
• ixgbe_get_san_mac_addr_generic(9)
• ixgbe_get_pcie_msix_count_generic(9)
• ixgbe_clear_vmdq_generic(9)
• ixgbe_set_vmdq_generic(9)
• ixgbe_set_vmdq_san_mac_generic(9)
• ixgbe_init_uta_tables_generic(9)
• ixgbe_find_vlvf_slot(9)
• ixgbe_set_vfta_generic(9)
• ixgbe_clear_vfta_generic(9)
• ixgbe_need_crosstalk_fix(9)
• ixgbe_check_mac_link_generic(9)
• ixgbe_get_wwn_prefix_generic(9)
• ixgbe_set_mac_anti_spoofing(9)
• ixgbe_set_vlan_anti_spoofing(9)
• ixgbe_get_device_caps_generic(9)
• ixgbe_set_rxpba_generic(9)
• ixgbe_calculate_checksum(9)
• ixgbe_hic_unlocked(9)
• ixgbe_host_interface_command(9)
• ixgbe_set_fw_drv_ver_generic(9)
• ixgbe_clear_tx_pending(9)
• ixgbe_get_ets_data(9)
• ixgbe_get_thermal_sensor_data_generic(9)
• ixgbe_init_thermal_sensor_thresh_generic(9)
• ixgbe_get_orom_version(9)
• ixgbe_get_oem_prod_version(9)
• ixgbe_get_etk_id(9)
• ixgbe_setup_mac_link_multispeed_fiber(9)
• ixgbe_set_soft_rate_select_speed(9)

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mwah 💋 that's the whole page, bestie! source/version: ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i...; date: October 2026; and yes, we were talking about prot_autoc_read_generic(9) the entire time. slay 🫶