iavf_get_link_ksettings(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual — yes we're reading kernel docs together, this is our bonding era 🫶. This page is all about iavf_get_link_ksettings, and honestly? she's a little liar. In the cute way. You'll see.

✨ NAME ✨

iavf_get_link_ksettings — Get Link Speed and Duplex settings 🌈

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

int iavf_get_link_ksettings (struct net_device *netdev , struct
ethtool_link_ksettings *cmd );

like, that's the whole signature. she takes two pointers and hands you back an int. no cap. 💅

🌸 ARGUMENTS 🌸

  • netdev — the network interface device structure 💜 (your actual NIC energy, the main character)
  • cmd — the ethtool command 🎀 (where the answer goes)

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

So what does she do? She reports speed/duplex settings ✨ — that's the whole job.

But here's the tea ☕ and I need you to sit with it: because this is a VF, we straight-up don't know what kind of link we really have. Nobody told us. We are not in the loop. So... we fake it. 🙈💀

fr fr — the driver does not know the real link state in this case, and the manpage says the settings reported here are fabricated. Don't treat them as gospel, bestie, they're vibes-based 😭

That's it. That's the function. She lies about link speed with full confidence and honestly? iconic 👑.

⭐ SEE ALSO ⭐

Everything she's friends with, iykyk 💅 — first up, the kernel file she lives in: ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/iavf/iavf_ethtool.c, plus struct iavf_stats(9) and the whole friend group:

go read them too, be nosy, that's how you learn 🧚‍♀️

mwah 💋 that's the page — brought to you by the fine folks in ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/iavf, dated October 2026, and yes the manual is literally called iavf_get_link_ksettings(9). slay, go fake some link settings responsibly 💅✨🍓

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