e1000_coppe..._80003es2lan(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

okay bestie, so this is a page from the Kernel API Manual, and it's about one very specific little function that lives in the e1000e driver. yes it's niche. no you can't skip it. let's go 🫶

🌸 NAME 🌸

e1000_copper_link_setup_gg82563_80003es2lan — literally just "Configure GG82563 Link". that's it. that's the whole job. iconic honestly 💅

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

s32 e1000_copper_link_setup_gg82563_80003es2lan (struct e1000_hw *hw );

see that s32? that's the return type, bestie. and it takes exactly one (1) argument. no more, no less. main character energy 🔥

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

  • hw — pointer to the HW structure. that's your hardware, your whole vibe, everything you're about to poke at lives behind this pointer. hold onto it 🦋

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

Setup some GG82563 PHY registers for obtaining link.

like, that's the official line and i'm not gonna pad it out with fake lore — the function sets up a few GG82563 PHY registers, and the whole point is Getting Link™. no cap, that's the tea. ✨ it's giving "small function, very specific job, absolutely not the place to get creative". iykyk 💀

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

okay this is the part where the manpage goes feral and lists everyone in the 80003es2lan friend group. not me being obsessed with how long this is 😭 but here we go, all of them, in order, exactly as they're written:

that's thirty-one entries, i counted, and every single one of them is staying. slay 🧚💜

aand that's the whole page! mwah 💋 source is ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e..., dated October 2026, and it's filed under the Kernel API Manual. go read the source file if you want the real drama, bestie — this is where i leave you 🦋🌸💖

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