ixgbe_aci_get_link_info(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💖 NAME 💖

ixgbe_aci_get_link_info — bestie, this is literally the one that gets the link status ✨

Quick vibe check: this page lives in the Kernel API Manual (section 9, iykyk), and it's all about asking your NIC "hey girl, are we linked or not?" 🫶

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

int ixgbe_aci_get_link_info (struct ixgbe_hw *hw , bool ena_lse , struct
ixgbe_link_status *link );

Three args, returns an int, and yes the formatting is giving "wrapped by the manpage renderer" energy 💅

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

  • hw — pointer to the HW struct. The main character of the whole show, no cap 💜
  • ena_lse — enable/disable LinkStatusEvent reporting. Like, do you want the events or not, bestie 🌈
  • link — pointer to link status structure — optional. So you can absolutely pass nothing here and it's still valid, iconic 🦋

✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

Okay so here's the tea: this grabs the current Link Status using ACI command (0x607). That's the magic number, memorize it 🧚

And the current link can optionally be provided to update the status — so if you hand it a link struct, it gets refreshed with the freshest deets. Obsessed with the flexibility honestly 💖

Not me writing a whole manpage section for one command. But she ate. 💅

⭐ RETURN ⭐

The link status of the adapter. That's the return value — it tells you how the link is doing 🔥

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

Also known as: the friend group. Look at this roster, it's giving squad goals 👑

Kernel file ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_e610.c

Like I said. The whole friend group. Invite them to the group chat 🫶

That's the whole page, bestie — no notes, periodt. This lil beauty ships with the Kernel API Manual, from source ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i... (yes it's truncated in the original, don't come for me 😭), dated October 2026. Now go read your link status, main character 💅✨🎀

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