igc_check_downshift(9)

🎀 NAME 🎀

okay so this is igc_check_downshift(9) from the Kernel API Manual, and she does exactly what her name says: checks whether a downshift in speed occurred. no cap. 💅

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

void igc_check_downshift (struct igc_hw *hw );

🫶 ARGUMENTS 🫶

• hw — pointer to the HW structure, bestie. that’s the whole argument, periodt. 🫶

🔥 DESCRIPTION 🔥

so like, a downshift gets detected by querying the PHY link health. that’s the check — PHY link health, queried. iconic behavior, honestly. 💅✨

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• Kernel file ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igc/igc_phy.c — the source file, iykyk. 🦋
• igc_check_reset_block(9)
• igc_get_phy_id(9)
• igc_phy_has_link(9)
• igc_power_up_phy_copper(9)
• igc_power_down_phy_copper(9)
• igc_phy_hw_reset(9)
• igc_phy_setup_autoneg(9)
• igc_wait_autoneg(9)
• igc_copper_link_autoneg(9)
• igc_setup_copper_link(9)
• igc_read_phy_reg_mdic(9)
• igc_write_phy_reg_mdic(9)
• __igc_access_xmdio_reg(9)
• igc_read_xmdio_reg(9)
• igc_write_xmdio_reg(9)
• igc_write_phy_reg_gpy(9)
• igc_read_phy_reg_gpy(9)
• igc_read_phy_fw_version(9)
• igc_force_speed_duplex(9)

mwah 💋 — this lil page is serving from ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igc, dated October 2026. periodt. 🫶👑