igb_check_for_copper_link(9)

igb_check_for_copper_link(9) 💖

okay so this little cutie lives in the Kernel API Manual, and she is here to do a vibe check on your copper link. slay ✨

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🌸 NAME 🌸

igb_check_for_copper_link — Check for link (Copper)

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

s32 igb_check_for_copper_link (struct e1000_hw *hw );

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• hw — pointer to the HW structure 🫶

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

Bestie, this function checks to see if the link status of the hardware has changed. If a change in link status has been detected, then we read the PHY registers to get the current speed/duplex if link exists. That’s the whole assignment, and she ate. 💅

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• Kernel file: ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/e1000_mac.c 📁
• Also linked in the group chat: igb_get_bus_info_pcie(9), igb_clear_vfta(9), igb_write_vfta(9), igb_init_rx_addrs(9), igb_find_vlvf_slot(9), igb_vfta_set(9), igb_check_alt_mac_addr(9), igb_rar_set(9), igb_mta_set(9), igb_hash_mc_addr(9), igb_i21x_hw_doublecheck(9), igb_update_mc_addr_list(9), igb_clear_hw_cntrs_base(9), igb_setup_link(9), igb_config_collision_dist(9), igb_set_fc_watermarks(9), igb_set_default_fc(9), igb_force_mac_fc(9), igb_config_fc_after_link_up(9), igb_get_speed_and_duplex_copper(9), igb_get_hw_semaphore(9), igb_put_hw_semaphore(9), igb_get_auto_rd_done(9), igb_valid_led_default(9), igb_id_led_init(9), igb_cleanup_led(9), igb_blink_led(9), igb_led_off(9), igb_disable_pcie_master(9), igb_validate_mdi_setting(9), igb_write_8bit_ctrl_reg(9), igb_enable_mng_pass_thru(9) 👑

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This page is sourced from ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb and dated October 2026. mwah 💖✨