txgbe_init_t...ensor_thresh(9)
๐ก๏ธ txgbe_init_thermal_sensor_thresh(9) ๐
okay so this is a page out of the Kernel API Manual โ like, the actual grown-up kernel docs โ and we're gonna make it make sense. bestie, it's a kernel function, it's giving "low-level driver vibes" and honestly? iconic. let's go โจ
โจ NAME โจ
txgbe_init_thermal_sensor_thresh โ the one that inits thermal sensor thresholds ๐ซถ like, it sets the temperature boundaries so your NIC knows when things are getting a lil too toasty ๐ฅ
๐ฆ SYNOPSIS ๐ฆ
void txgbe_init_thermal_sensor_thresh (struct wx *wx );
that's it. that's the whole call. no return value (it's void, so nothing comes back โ she just does the thing and leaves ๐
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๐ ARGUMENTS ๐
wxโ pointer to hardware structure ๐ this is your main character. it's astruct wx *and it's where all the hardware goodness lives. everything this function touches, it touches throughwx. no cap.
๐ธ DESCRIPTION ๐ธ
so what does it actually do?? okay so โ it inits the thermal sensor thresholds according to the NVM map ๐โจ (the NVM map is the source of truth here, we don't make this stuff up ourselves).
then, and this is the cute part, it saves off the threshold and location values into mac.thermal_sensor_data ๐ซถ so like, everything it just figured out gets tucked away in there for later. threshold values, location values, all of it โ stored. periodt.
highkey a little housekeeping function, but a necessary one. she's the behind-the-scenes icon ๐
๐ SEE ALSO ๐
- Kernel file
./drivers/net/ethernet/wangxun/txgbe/txgbe_hw.cโ the literal source file, go read it if you're obsessed ๐ txgbe_disable_sec_tx_path(9)๐ซtxgbe_enable_sec_tx_path(9)โtxgbe_calc_eeprom_checksum(9)๐งฎtxgbe_validate_eeprom_checksum(9)๐txgbe_reset_hw(9)๐
all the sibling functions, all in the same family, all doing their part. iykyk ๐
๐ซ sign-off ๐ซ
alright bestie, that's the whole page ๐ this one came from ./drivers/net/ethernet/wangxun... and it's dated October 2026 โ yes, 2026, we're reading the future fr fr ๐ญ๐ฆ slay, go forth and init those thermal thresholds ๐
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๐ฆ where this page comes from
- nixpkgs unstable: linux-manual 7.3.1
- ๐ girlified by deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-1017 on : a language model's rewrite of the original, under its terms