e1000_poll_f...link_generic(9)

okay so welcome to the Kernel API Manual, bestie 💖 — today’s page is e1000_poll_f...link_generic(9), and she is serving niche kernel-driver realness. Let’s go 🫶

✨ NAME ✨

• e1000_poll_fiber_serdes_link_generic — Poll for link up.

🛠️ SYNOPSIS 🛠️

s32 e1000_poll_fiber_serdes_link_generic (struct e1000_hw *hw );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• hw — pointer to the HW structure.

💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

okay so e1000_poll_fiber_serdes_link_generic polls for link up by reading the status register. If link fails to come up with auto-negotiation, then the link is forced if a signal is detected. That’s the whole vibe, bestie — status register, auto-negotiation, and the forced-link-if-signal-detected move. Periodt 💅

🔗 SEE ALSO 🔗

• Kernel file: ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/mac.c

and the whole friend group, no cap:

• e1000e_get_bus_info_pcie(9)
• e1000_set_lan_id_multi_port_pcie(9)
• e1000_set_lan_id_single_port(9)
• e1000_clear_vfta_generic(9)
• e1000_write_vfta_generic(9)
• e1000e_init_rx_addrs(9)
• e1000_check_alt_mac_addr_generic(9)
• e1000e_rar_set_generic(9)
• e1000_hash_mc_addr(9)
• e1000e_update_mc_addr_list_generic(9)
• e1000e_clear_hw_cntrs_base(9)
• e1000e_check_for_copper_link(9)
• e1000e_check_for_fiber_link(9)
• e1000e_check_for_serdes_link(9)
• e1000_set_default_fc_generic(9)
• e1000e_setup_link_generic(9)
• e1000_commit_fc_settings_generic(9)
• e1000e_setup_fiber_serdes_link(9)
• e1000e_config_collision_dist_generic(9)
• e1000e_set_fc_watermarks(9)
• e1000e_force_mac_fc(9)
• e1000e_config_fc_after_link_up(9)
• e1000e_get_speed_and_duplex_copper(9)
• e1000e_get_speed_and_duplex_fiber_serdes(9)
• e1000e_get_hw_semaphore(9)
• e1000e_put_hw_semaphore(9)
• e1000e_get_auto_rd_done(9)
• e1000e_valid_led_default(9)
• e1000e_id_led_init_generic(9)
• e1000e_setup_led_generic(9)
• e1000e_cleanup_led_generic(9)
• e1000e_blink_led_generic(9)
• e1000e_led_on_generic(9)
• e1000e_led_off_generic(9)
• e1000e_set_pcie_no_snoop(9)
• e1000e_disable_pcie_master(9)
• e1000e_reset_adaptive(9)
• e1000e_update_adaptive(9)

and the footer sign-off, because we always credit the source: ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e..., October 2026, and e1000_poll_f...link_generic(9) — periodt 💅🫶