t4_fw_bye(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💖 t4_fw_bye — Kernel API Manual, bestie edition 💖

okay so this is the t4_fw_bye(9) page from the Kernel API Manual, and it's literally the "k bye" of the ethernet world — it hangs up on the firmware. short page, huge main character energy. let's get into it 🫶

✨ NAME ✨

t4_fw_bye — end communication with FW

like. it says goodbye. to the firmware. that's the whole vibe. 💅

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

int t4_fw_bye (struct adapter *adap , unsigned int mbox );

that's the whole signature, no cap. it returns an int, takes a struct adapter * and an unsigned int, and then goes off to say bye. 🎀

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

  • adap — the adapter 💖 like, the actual network adapter you're doing all this to, the main character of the whole situation
  • mbox — mailbox to use for the FW command 📬 yeah, you gotta tell it which mailbox it's dropping the message into. no mailbox, no bye.

👑 DESCRIPTION 👑

Issues a command to terminate communication with FW.

fr fr that's it. it fires off a command that ends the conversation with the firmware. nothing extra, nothing hidden, just a clean hang-up. no cap. ✨

heads up bestie: this page doesn't promise anything more than "terminate communication with FW" — so don't go reading extra behaviour into it, iykyk 🙈

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

okay this is where it goes off — this page's see-also section is giving full roster, the whole friend group, every single one. buckle up 🎢

tell me that isn't the most "everyone's invited to the party" energy you've ever seen 💀🎀

and that's the page!! ✨ cute little sign-off time: this one's sourced from ./drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio... and dated October 2026, and the page is t4_fw_bye(9) — say bye to the FW, bestie, and slay the rest of your day 💖🦋🌸

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