convert_xmit_counter(9)

okay bestie, welcome to the convert_xmit_counter(9) page from the Kernel API Manual 💅✨ this one is short, sweet, and ready to calculate some flit times.

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💖 NAME 💖

convert_xmit_counter — calculate flit times for given xmit counter value 🎀

No cap, that’s literally the whole vibe: give it an xmit counter value, and it does the flit-time math.

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

u64 convert_xmit_counter (u64 xmit_wait_val , u16 link_width , u16 link_speed );

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• xmit_wait_val — the current xmit counter value, bestie 🫶
• link_width — width of the active link 🌸
• link_speed — speed of the active link ⭐

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👑 RETURN 👑

It returns the xmit counter value in flit times. periodt 💅

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• Kernel file ./drivers/infiniband/hw/hfi1/mad.h
• get_link_speed(9)

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and that’s the whole iconic little page 💖 it comes from the ./drivers/infiniband/hw/hfi1 source, dated October 2026, and it’s literally convert_xmit_counter(9) — slay 🎀✨