ethtool_mmsv...state_handle(9)

🎀 NAME 🎀

okay so this is the ethtool_mmsv...state_handle(9) page from the Kernel API Manual, and the function it’s hyping up is ethtool_mmsv_link_state_handle — it informs MAC Merge Software Verification of link state changes 💖✨

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

void ethtool_mmsv_link_state_handle (struct ethtool_mmsv *mmsv , bool up
);

💅 ARGUMENTS 💅

• mmsv — MAC Merge Software Verification state 🫶
• up — True if device carrier is up and able to pass verification packets 💅

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

Calling context check, bestie ✨: this is expected to be from a task, interrupts enabled. Periodt.

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• Kernel file ./net/ethtool/mm.c
• ethtool_mmsv_verify_timer(9)
• ethtool_mmsv_stop(9)
• ethtool_mmsv_event_handle(9)
• ethtool_mmsv_get_mm(9)
• ethtool_mmsv_set_mm(9)
• ethtool_mmsv_init(9)

okay that’s the page 💖 — source/version spot is ./net/ethtool, dated October 2026, and honestly? iconic. bye bestie 🫶