igc_wait_autoneg(9)

💖 igc_wait_autoneg(9) 💖

okay so bestie, you're looking at igc_wait_autoneg(9) from the Kernel API Manual, and it's literally the “wait for the auto-neg to finish” little guy. No cap, it's giving patient main character energy ✨

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🦋 NAME 🦋

igc_wait_autoneg — wait for auto-neg completion. that's the whole assignment, and it ate 💅

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

s32 igc_wait_autoneg (struct igc_hw *hw );

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• hw — pointer to the HW structure. that's the one thing you pass in, bestie 🫶

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✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

okay so this function waits for auto-negotiation to complete, or it waits for the auto-negotiation time limit to expire — whichever happens first. that's it. that's the vibe 🌈

it's not out here waiting forever; if auto-neg is taking too long, the time limit gets the final say. periodt 💅

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

Kernel file: ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igc/igc_phy.c — that's where this lives, 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_check_downshift(9)
• igc_phy_hw_reset(9)
• igc_phy_setup_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)

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🧚 source/version: ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igc · date: October 2026 · manual: igc_wait_autoneg(9) · bye bestie, go slay your kernel networking 💖