ice_set_channels(9)

💅 ice_set_channels(9) — like, the kernel API manual page, bestie

okay so this is a page straight out of the Kernel API Manual (ice_set_channels(9), section 9, iykyk) and it's about one tiny little function that does one very specific thing. she's not flashy, she's not doing the most, but she is doing her job and honestly? relatable. 🎀

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✨ NAME ✨

ice_set_channels — set the number channels 🦋

like yes that's it, that's the whole name. short, sweet, gets straight to the point. main character energy honestly.

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

int ice_set_channels (struct net_device *dev , struct ethtool_channels
*ch );

so she takes two arguments and hands you back an int. that's the whole vibe check. 💜

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🔥 ARGUMENTS 🔥

• dev — the network interface device structure. literally the netdev itself, the whole entire vibe, the thing you're operating on. 🫶
• ch — the ethtool channel data structure. this is the little packet of channel info that comes in with the request. 💖

both required, neither optional, no shortcuts. periodt. ✨

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💅 SEE ALSO 💅

first up, the source file where all this lives — she's right here:

Kernel file ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_ethtool.c

and then, babes, there is a whole friend group. like the entire ice family showed up to the function. no cap, here's every single one of them:

• ice_ethtool_get_maxspeed(9)
• ice_is_serdes_muxed(9)
• ice_get_port_topology(9)
• ice_get_tx_rx_equa(9)
• ice_get_extended_regs(9)
• ice_active_vfs(9)
• ice_link_test(9)
• ice_eeprom_test(9)
• ice_reg_pattern_test(9)
• ice_reg_test(9)
• ice_lbtest_prepare_rings(9)
• ice_lbtest_disable_rings(9)
• ice_lbtest_create_frame(9)
• ice_lbtest_check_frame(9)
• ice_diag_send(9)
• ice_lbtest_receive_frames(9)
• ice_loopback_test(9)
• ice_intr_test(9)
• ice_self_test(9)
• ice_set_fec_cfg(9)
• ice_set_fecparam(9)
• ice_get_fecparam(9)
• ice_nway_reset(9)
• ice_get_priv_flags(9)
• ice_set_priv_flags(9)
• ice_mask_min_supported_speeds(9)
• ice_linkmode_set_bit(9)
• ice_phy_type_to_ethtool(9)
• ice_get_settings_link_up(9)
• ice_get_settings_link_down(9)
• ice_get_link_ksettings(9)
• ice_speed_to_aq_link(9)
• ice_ksettings_find_adv_link_speed(9)
• ice_setup_autoneg(9)
• ice_set_phy_type_from_speed(9)
• ice_set_link_ksettings(9)
• ice_set_rxnfc(9)
• ice_get_rx_ring_count(9)
• ice_get_rxnfc(9)
• ice_get_pauseparam(9)
• ice_set_pauseparam(9)
• ice_get_rxfh_key_size(9)
• ice_get_rxfh_indir_size(9)
• ice_get_rxfh(9)
• ice_set_rxfh(9)
• ice_get_combined_cnt(9)
• ice_get_channels(9)
• ice_get_valid_rss_size(9)
• ice_vsi_set_dflt_rss_lut(9)
• ice_get_wol(9)
• ice_set_wol(9)
• ice_get_rc_coalesce(9)
• ice_get_q_coalesce(9)
• __ice_get_coalesce(9)
• ice_set_rc_coalesce(9)
• ice_set_q_coalesce(9)
• ice_print_if_odd_usecs(9)
• __ice_set_coalesce(9)
• ice_get_module_info(9)
• ice_get_module_eeprom(9)
• ice_get_port_fec_stats(9)
• ice_get_fec_stats(9)
• ice_ethtool_reset(9)
• ice_repr_ethtool_reset(9)
• ice_set_ethtool_safe_mode_ops(9)
• ice_set_ethtool_repr_ops(9)
• ice_set_ethtool_ops(9)

like… that's sixty-seven references. sixty-seven!! the way this function has more friends than me 😭 she's literally the most connected girlie in ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice. i'm obsessed. go read them, they're all slaying in their own lanes. 👑

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ok real talk: this page only tells you the signature and the two structs it eats. it does not promise you behaviour details, defaults, or exit codes beyond that int, so don't go making things up, bestie. stick to what's on the page. 💀

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and that's the whole page, babes — no notes, no drama, just a clean little kernel API moment. this gem is filed under ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice and dated October 2026, courtesy of that same ice_set_channels(9) manual header up top. mwah 💋 see you in the next man page, love u, bye 🧚‍♀️💖✨