qed_hw_prepare(9)

💅 qed_hw_prepare(9) — the Kernel API Manual moment

okay so bestie, welcome to qed_hw_prepare from the Kernel API Manual, section 9 ofc. this is the glow-up ritual where we literally get the Qed hardware ready to slay. no cap, that's the whole vibe. ✨

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🌸 NAME 🌸

qed_hw_prepare — prepare Qed hardware. that's it, that's the tweet. she gets the hardware prepped and pretty. 💖

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

int qed_hw_prepare (struct qed_dev *cdev , int personality );

like, look at her. iconic signature. int going in, int coming out, a struct qed_dev * and an int in the middle. periodt.

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• cdev — the Qed dev pointer, aka the main character of this whole operation. hand her over and let her cook. 👑
• personality — the personality to initialize. yes literally, that's the name, we don't make the rules. she's getting a whole personality assigned. 💅

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💀 RETURN 💀

Returns an Int. that's the whole return section, she's mysterious like that. 🙈

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

grab a snack, this list is long and we're getting through all of it, no skipping, i don't make the rules:

• Kernel file ./drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qed/qed_dev_api.h — the sacred text, go read it iykyk
• qed_init_dp(9)
• qed_init_struct(9)
• qed_resc_free(9)
• qed_resc_alloc(9)
• qed_resc_setup(9)
• qed_hw_init(9)
• qed_hw_timers_stop_all(9)
• qed_hw_stop(9)
• qed_hw_stop_fastpath(9)
• qed_hw_start_fastpath(9)
• qed_hw_remove(9)
• qed_ptt_acquire(9)
• qed_ptt_acquire_context(9)
• qed_ptt_release(9)
• qed_dmae_host2grc(9)
• qed_dmae_host2host(9)
• qed_fw_l2_queue(9)
• qed_fw_vport(9)
• qed_fw_rss_eng(9)
• qed_llh_get_num_ppfid(9)
• qed_llh_set_ppfid_affinity(9)
• qed_llh_set_roce_affinity(9)
• qed_llh_add_mac_filter(9)
• qed_llh_remove_mac_filter(9)
• qed_llh_add_protocol_filter(9)
• qed_llh_remove_protocol_filter(9)
• qed_final_cleanup(9)
• qed_get_queue_coalesce(9)
• qed_set_queue_coalesce(9)
• qed_pglueb_set_pfid_enable(9)
• qed_db_recovery_add(9)
• qed_db_recovery_del(9)

all of them. every single one. we ate and left no crumbs. 🍓

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and that's the page bestie!! this lil masterpiece lives in ./drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qed and the version/date stamp on her is October 2026, with the page name qed_hw_prepare(9) — go forth and prepare some hardware, mwah 💜🧚