qlcnic_83xx_...ll_dev_state(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 NAME 💅

ok so bestie, this is qlcnic_83xx_idc_poll_dev_state — and yeah, the original manpage legit left the description blank after the dash, so we're not gonna gaslight you and invent one. It's the IDC poll-device-state function, that's the whole vibe. ✨

(also? the page title is qlcnic_83xx_...ll_dev_state(9) from the Kernel API Manual, section 9, just so you know what you're reading 💖)

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

void qlcnic_83xx_idc_poll_dev_state (struct work_struct *work );

no cap, that's the entire signature. returns nothing, takes one pointer. we love a low-maintenance icon 👑

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

  • work — the kernel work queue structure that's used to schedule this function. that's it, that's the parameter. it's giving "one job and it does it" 🫶

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

okay so here's what's actually happening: this function polls the device state periodically — like, on a little recurring vibe check — and then performs the state specific actions that are defined by the Inter Driver Communication (IDC) protocol.

so: poll the state, then do whatever that particular state says you gotta do. IDC said so. 💅

⭐ RETURN ⭐

None. literally nothing comes back. void function behavior, we stan a queen who doesn't need to prove anything 😌

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

first up, the kernel file this whole thing lives in — you already know the path bestie:

./drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qlcnic/qlcnic_83xx_init.c

and the whole friend group of related functions, all section 9, all iconic in their own right:

go read all of them, i'll wait 🍓

ok final sign-off tea ☕: this page came from ./drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/... and it's dated October 2026, living in the Kernel API Manual as qlcnic_83xx_...ll_dev_state(9). mwah, thanks for reading, ily, go poll something 💜🧚
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