ice_get_link_status_datalen(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

okay so first things first: this is a Kernel API Manual page, section 9 (that's the kernel-functions section, iykyk), and today's main character is ice_get_link_status_datalen. Bestie, it's a tiny one — a single function that answers exactly one question. But it's important and we're gonna treat it with the respect it deserves. 🫶

✨ NAME ✨

ice_get_link_status_datalen — and that's literally it, the description slot is empty. Not me showing up to the function-naming party with no further notes 💀. The name is the whole personality.

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

u16 ice_get_link_status_datalen (struct ice_hw *hw );

So she takes one argument (a pointer, of course 💅) and hands you back a u16. Short, sweet, slays.

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

  • hw — pointer to the HW struct. That's the hardware struct, babes. Hand her the hw and she's good to go 🦋

🧚 DESCRIPTION 🧚

Okay so what does she actually do? She returns the datalength for the Get Link Status AQ command. ✨

And here's the fun bit: that datalength is bigger for newer adapter families handled by the ice driver. So like, newer hardware = chunkier response = she's gotta know how much room to give it. It's giving "different generations, different vibes" 🌈. That's the entire job. No cap.

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

The kernel file this lives in — go read it, it's right here:

  • ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_common.c

And now, the friend group 💖 — literally the entire ice cast, all in section 9:

Like I said. The whole squad. 👑

okay that's the page!! go forth and get your link status datalength, bestie 🌸💜

this cutie came out of ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice, dated October 2026, in the Kernel API Manual — see you next time, mwah 🎀✨

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