i40e_get_settings_link_down(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💖 i40e_get_settings_link_down — the Intel i40e manual page, bestie edition ✨

Okay so this is a page from the Kernel API Manual, and it's all about i40e_get_settings_link_down. It's lowkey a glow-up for your link settings when the cable's being dramatic and the link is down 💅

✨ NAME ✨

i40e_get_settings_link_down — get the link settings for when the link is down, periodt.

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

void i40e_get_settings_link_down (struct i40e_hw *hw , struct
ethtool_link_ksettings *ks , struct i40e_pf *pf );

Not me writing out that whole signature for you 🫶 — she takes three things and returns void, meaning she's doing the work by filling stuff in, not handing you a value back. Iconic behavior ngl.

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

  • hw — the hw structure. Your hardware bestie, the one who knows things 🌸
  • ks — the ethtool ksettings to fill in. This is the one getting the makeover, literally the main character here 👑
  • pf — pointer to the physical function struct. She's the PF, she's got the vibes, she's required 💜

🌈 DESCRIPTION 🌈

So what does she actually do? She reports link settings that can be determined when the link is down ✨

That's it, that's the whole assignment. No cap. When the link is up there's a whole other function doing the reporting, but this one is for the down-bad era — she digs up whatever settings are still knowable even with no link up, and puts them where they need to go 😭

💀 SEE ALSO 💀

Sit down bestie, this list is long — like, a whole friend group. Same file (./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_ethtool.c), lots of struct i40e_stats(9) energy, and honestly every single one of these fam members is listed here, no skipping 🍓:

Fr fr, note that the SEE ALSO block also points at the kernel file ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_ethtool.c — that's where the whole squad lives 🧚

🌸 SIGN-OFF 🌸

And that's the page!! Sourced from ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e, dated October 2026, all about i40e_get_settings_link_down(9). Go read your link settings, bestie 💖✨🎀🦋

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