e1000_force_mac_fc(9)

💖 e1000_force_mac_fc(9) 💖

Okay bestie, this one is from the Kernel API Manual, and it's giving “tiny function, very specific job” energy. No cap, we're gonna keep every single detail intact 💅

✨ NAME ✨

e1000_force_mac_fc — force flow control settings 🎀

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

s32 e1000_force_mac_fc (struct e1000_hw *hw );

🌸 ARGUMENTS 🌸

• hw — Struct containing variables accessed by shared code. Literally the struct carrying the variables that shared code accesses 🫶

🔥 DESCRIPTION 🔥

Okay so this function forces the MAC's flow control settings. It sets the TFCE and RFCE bits in the device control register to reflect the adapter settings. Periodt.

The important caveat, bestie: TFCE and RFCE need to be explicitly set by software when a Copper PHY is used, because autonegotiation is managed by the PHY rather than the MAC. Software must also configure these bits when link is forced on a fiber connection. That's the whole vibe check — no extra lore, fr fr ✨

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

Kernel file: ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000/e1000_hw.c

The whole see-also squad, in original order 👑

• e1000_set_phy_type(9), e1000_phy_init_script(9), e1000_set_mac_type(9), e1000_set_media_type(9), e1000_reset_hw(9), e1000_init_hw(9), e1000_adjust_serdes_amplitude(9), e1000_setup_link(9), e1000_setup_fiber_serdes_link(9), e1000_copper_link_rtl_setup(9), e1000_copper_link_preconfig(9), e1000_copper_link_igp_setup(9), e1000_copper_link_mgp_setup(9), e1000_copper_link_autoneg(9), e1000_copper_link_postconfig(9), e1000_setup_copper_link(9), e1000_phy_setup_autoneg(9), e1000_phy_force_speed_duplex(9), e1000_config_collision_dist(9), e1000_config_mac_to_phy(9), e1000_config_fc_after_link_up(9)
• e1000_check_for_serdes_link_generic(9), e1000_check_for_link(9), e1000_get_speed_and_duplex(9), e1000_wait_autoneg(9), e1000_raise_mdi_clk(9), e1000_lower_mdi_clk(9), e1000_shift_out_mdi_bits(9), e1000_shift_in_mdi_bits(9), e1000_read_phy_reg(9), e1000_write_phy_reg(9), e1000_phy_hw_reset(9), e1000_phy_reset(9), e1000_detect_gig_phy(9), e1000_phy_reset_dsp(9), e1000_phy_igp_get_info(9), e1000_phy_m88_get_info(9), e1000_phy_get_info(9), e1000_init_eeprom_params(9), e1000_raise_ee_clk(9), e1000_lower_ee_clk(9), e1000_shift_out_ee_bits(9), e1000_shift_in_ee_bits(9), e1000_acquire_eeprom(9), e1000_standby_eeprom(9), e1000_release_eeprom(9), e1000_spi_eeprom_ready(9), e1000_read_eeprom(9), e1000_validate_eeprom_checksum(9), e1000_update_eeprom_checksum(9), e1000_write_eeprom(9), e1000_write_eeprom_spi(9), e1000_write_eeprom_microwire(9)
• e1000_read_mac_addr(9), e1000_init_rx_addrs(9), e1000_hash_mc_addr(9), e1000_rar_set(9), e1000_write_vfta(9), e1000_clear_vfta(9), e1000_setup_led(9), e1000_cleanup_led(9), e1000_led_on(9), e1000_led_off(9), e1000_clear_hw_cntrs(9), e1000_reset_adaptive(9), e1000_update_adaptive(9), e1000_get_bus_info(9), e1000_write_reg_io(9), e1000_get_cable_length(9), e1000_check_polarity(9), e1000_check_downshift(9), e1000_config_dsp_after_link_change(9), e1000_set_phy_mode(9), e1000_set_d3_lplu_state(9), e1000_set_vco_speed(9), e1000_enable_mng_pass_thru(9), e1000_get_auto_rd_done(9), e1000_get_phy_cfg_done(9)

Cute little footer sign-off, bestie: source/version is ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e... 🫶 and the date is October 2026 🌟 Slay.