ethtool_forc...ed_maps_init(9)

💅 ethtool_forc...ed_maps_init(9) — Kernel API Manual ✨

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual 🎀 this one's a lil kernel function and honestly it's giving "quietly essential" energy. no cap.

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🌸 NAME 🌸

ethtool_forced_speed_maps_init — literally the whole name, that's it, that's the entry (the original leaves the description blank and we are respecting the blankness 🫶)

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

void ethtool_forced_speed_maps_init (struct ethtool_forced_speed_map
*maps , u32 size );

that's the signature, copied character for character so don't come for me 💀

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• maps — a pointer to an array of Ethtool forced speed map 👑 like, the actual array, bestie, not a copy, a pointer to it.
• size — the array size. the how-many. the count. 🔢

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💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

so what it does: it initializes an array of Ethtool forced speed map to Ethtool link modes ✨ that's the vibe check and it passed.

and the important part — this should be called during driver module init. like, that's the moment. main character energy only at module init time, bestie 🧚 periodt.

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⭐ SEE ALSO ⭐

the kernel file ./net/ethtool/common.c is where the magic lives, plus these sibling functions that you should also go look at (iykyk):

• ethtool_rxfh_indir_lost(9)
• ethtool_rxfh_indir_can_resize(9)
• ethtool_rxfh_indir_resize(9)
• ethtool_rxfh_ctxs_can_resize(9)
• ethtool_rxfh_ctxs_resize(9)

go read them, they're lowkey iconic too 🌈

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💀 no warnings, no errors, no exit statuses in this one — it's a clean lil init function. enjoy the peace while it lasts 🙈

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and that's the page, bestie!! 🍓 sign-off time: this cutie lives in ./net/ethtool, the version/date stamp says October 2026, and the title at the bottom is the same ethtool_forc...ed_maps_init(9) we started with 💜 slay, bye! 🫶🔥