wx_negotiate_api_version(9)

✨ wx_negotiate_api_version(9) ✨

okay so bestie, welcome to the wx_negotiate_api_version(9) glow-up — this is a page straight out of the Kernel API Manual, and it's giving very much "let's figure out which API version we're vibing with today" 💅

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🌸 NAME 🌸

wx_negotiate_api_version — negotiate supported API version

like, literally just: you and the hardware sit down and agree on an API version. lowkey diplomatic queen behavior 👑

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🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

int wx_negotiate_api_version (struct wx *wx , int api );

no cap, that's the whole signature. she's compact, she's iconic 🦋

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💖 ARGUMENTS 💖

• wx — pointer to the HW structure 🫶 this is your hardware bestie, the one you're negotiating with
• api — an integer containing the requested API version ✨ so, the version you're asking for. speak your truth

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🔥 RETURN 🔥

• returns 0 on success 🌈 (slay, the negotiation ate)
• negative error code on failure 😭 (it's giving "we could not come to an agreement", and honestly? tragic)

ngl bestie, always check the return value. 0 = we ball, negative = we do not ball 💀

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

the kernel file we're living in is ./drivers/net/ethernet/wangxun/libwx/wx_vf.c — that's the source of truth, go read it, it's right there 📖

and the whole friend group of VF functions, all in their own man pages:

• wx_init_hw_vf(9)
• wx_reset_hw_vf(9)
• wx_stop_adapter_vf(9)
• wx_set_rar_vf(9)
• wx_update_mc_addr_list_vf(9)
• wx_update_xcast_mode_vf(9)
• wx_get_link_state_vf(9)
• wx_set_vfta_vf(9)
• wx_rlpml_set_vf(9)

like, the whole squad is listed. go say hi 💜

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and that's the page, bestie 🧚 this little masterpiece comes to you from ./drivers/net/ethernet/wangxun... and it's dated October 2026, so yeah — future vibes only ⭐ mwah 💅