e1000e_setup..._serdes_link(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

okay so bestie, welcome to e1000e_setup..._serdes_link from the Kernel API Manual — yes the title is literally abbreviated with dots, that's just how it is, we don't question it 💅

✨ NAME ✨

e1000e_setup_fiber_serdes_link — Setup link for fiber/serdes 🧚

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

s32 e1000e_setup_fiber_serdes_link (struct e1000_hw *hw );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

  • hw — pointer to the HW structure 🫶 (the hardware struct, the whole vibe, everything lives in there)

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

So here's the tea: this function configures collision distance and flow control for fiber and serdes links. That's the whole job.

And then — and this is the part I'm obsessed with — upon successful setup, it polls for link. Like it doesn't just assume the link is up, it checks. main character energy, honestly 👑

⭐ SEE ALSO ⭐

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

Here's the entire crew, all 38 of them, no cap 🔥:

aaaaand that's the page, bestie 🌈 this little beauty ships out of ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e... (you know the one, the truncated path, she's mysterious) and it's dated October 2026, filed under the e1000e_setup..._serdes_link(9) header 🎀 go set up some fiber links, ily, bye 💖

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