i40e_force_link_state(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💖 NAME

okay so welcome to the Kernel API Manual entry for i40e_force_link_state(9) — yes, section 9, kernel-internals territory, very "you are not supposed to be here unless you're building a driver" energy. 🫶

i40e_force_link_state — Force the link status. That's literally the whole thing, bestie. It forces the link status. No cap.

✨ SYNOPSIS

int i40e_force_link_state (struct i40e_pf *pf , bool is_up );

that's it, that's the signature, character for character, do not come for me 💅

🎀 ARGUMENTS

  • pf — board private structure. the main character of this whole file, honestly 👑
  • is_up — whether the link state should be forced up or down. up for "slay, we're linked", down for... not that 🌈

🦋 SEE ALSO

bestie. sit down. hydrate. this is the longest SEE ALSO list I have ever seen in my life and I'm putting every single one of them here because we do not skip entries in this house 😭

first up, the actual kernel file this lives in:

  • Kernel file ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c

and now, the lineup, in order, no cuts, no skips:

and that's the whole entire list, every last one, we ate and left no crumbs 🍓

for real though — if you were thinking "she probably trimmed the tail end of that SEE ALSO"… she did not. 335 refs, all present, all accounted for. iykyk 💅

signing off from ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e, dated October 2026 💜🦋 go forth and force that link state bestie ✨

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