igb_wait_autoneg(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💖 igb_wait_autoneg(9) 💖

okay so this is a page straight out of the Kernel API Manual, and honestly? it's a little function with big "wait for meee" energy. bestie, let's get into it 🎀

✨ NAME ✨

igb_wait_autoneg — literally just waiting for auto-neg to finish, no cap

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

s32 igb_wait_autoneg (struct e1000_hw *hw );

that's it. that's the whole vibe. one arg, returns an s32, we move 💅

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

  • hw — pointer to the HW structure. yes bestie, pointer. the hardware struct. she's the main character here and she needs to know where she lives 💖

⭐ DESCRIPTION ⭐

so what does she do? she waits 💀

igb_wait_autoneg waits for auto-negotiation to complete, or for the auto-negotiation time limit to expire — whichever happens first. that's the whole lore. whoever gets there first wins, and it's giving race condition but make it intentional 🏁

ngl this is the "are we there yet" of kernel functions and i respect it for that. the wait is bounded, which is the important part — she's not gonna sit there forever being dramatic 😭

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

y'all, the friend group is huge. gather round for the whole squad, they're all in Kernel file ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/e1000_phy.c and honestly this is a whole group chat:

like i said — the whole squad. iykyk 🫶

and that's the page, bestie! this lil icon lives over in ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb and the version stamp on her birth certificate says October 2026 — she's a kernel API Manual girlie through and through, and honestly? we're obsessed 💜✨🌸

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