ixgbe_check_...link_generic(9)

💖 ixgbe_check_mac_link_generic(9) 💖

okay bestie, so this is a page from the Kernel API Manual — it's literally all about ixgbe_check_mac_link_generic, and no cap, it's giving "let me just peek at the link register real quick" energy ✨

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🌸 NAME 🌸

ixgbe_check_mac_link_generic — determine link and speed status 🫶

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

int ixgbe_check_mac_link_generic (struct ixgbe_hw *hw , ixgbe_link_speed
*speed , bool *link_up , bool link_up_wait_to_complete );

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• hw — pointer to hardware structure — like, the actual hardware vibes, main character energy 💅
• speed — pointer to link speed — where the speed answer goes, slay ⭐
• link_up — true when link is up — iconic boolean moment, true means we're linked, periodt 🔥
• link_up_wait_to_complete — a bool used to wait for link up or not — basically "do we chill and wait, or nah?" 🙈

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🌈 DESCRIPTION 🌈

So like, this function reads the links register to determine if link is up and the current speed. That's it, that's the whole vibe — it literally just checks the link register and tells you what's going on. No cap, simple and iconic 👑

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💜 SEE ALSO 💜

okay so the SEE ALSO section is literally a whole friend group, here we go bestie:

• Kernel file ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_common.c
• ixgbe_device_supports_autoneg_fc(9), ixgbe_setup_fc_generic(9), ixgbe_start_hw_generic(9), ixgbe_start_hw_gen2(9), ixgbe_init_hw_generic(9), ixgbe_clear_hw_cntrs_generic(9), ixgbe_read_pba_string_generic(9), ixgbe_get_mac_addr_generic(9), ixgbe_get_bus_info_generic(9), ixgbe_set_lan_id_multi_port_pcie(9), ixgbe_stop_adapter_generic(9), ixgbe_init_led_link_act_generic(9), ixgbe_led_on_generic(9), ixgbe_led_off_generic(9), ixgbe_init_eeprom_params_generic(9), ixgbe_write_eeprom_buffer_bit_bang_generic(9), ixgbe_write_eeprom_buffer_bit_bang(9), ixgbe_write_eeprom_generic(9), ixgbe_read_eeprom_buffer_bit_bang_generic(9), ixgbe_read_eeprom_buffer_bit_bang(9), ixgbe_read_eeprom_bit_bang_generic(9), ixgbe_read_eerd_buffer_generic(9), ixgbe_detect_eeprom_page_size_generic(9), ixgbe_read_eerd_generic(9), ixgbe_write_eewr_buffer_generic(9), ixgbe_write_eewr_generic(9), ixgbe_poll_eerd_eewr_done(9), ixgbe_acquire_eeprom(9), ixgbe_get_eeprom_semaphore(9), ixgbe_release_eeprom_semaphore(9), ixgbe_ready_eeprom(9), ixgbe_standby_eeprom(9), ixgbe_shift_out_eeprom_bits(9), ixgbe_shift_in_eeprom_bits(9), ixgbe_raise_eeprom_clk(9), ixgbe_lower_eeprom_clk(9), ixgbe_release_eeprom(9), ixgbe_calc_eeprom_checksum_generic(9), ixgbe_validate_eeprom_checksum_generic(9), ixgbe_update_eeprom_checksum_generic(9), ixgbe_set_rar_generic(9), ixgbe_clear_rar_generic(9), ixgbe_init_rx_addrs_generic(9), ixgbe_mta_vector(9), ixgbe_set_mta(9), ixgbe_update_mc_addr_list_generic(9), ixgbe_enable_mc_generic(9), ixgbe_disable_mc_generic(9), ixgbe_fc_enable_generic(9), ixgbe_negotiate_fc(9), ixgbe_fc_autoneg_fiber(9), ixgbe_fc_autoneg_backplane(9), ixgbe_fc_autoneg_copper(9), ixgbe_fc_autoneg(9), ixgbe_pcie_timeout_poll(9), ixgbe_disable_pcie_primary(9), ixgbe_acquire_swfw_sync(9), ixgbe_release_swfw_sync(9), prot_autoc_read_generic(9), prot_autoc_write_generic(9), ixgbe_disable_rx_buff_generic(9), ixgbe_enable_rx_buff_generic(9), ixgbe_enable_rx_dma_generic(9), ixgbe_blink_led_start_generic(9), ixgbe_blink_led_stop_generic(9), ixgbe_get_san_mac_addr_offset(9), ixgbe_get_san_mac_addr_generic(9), ixgbe_get_pcie_msix_count_generic(9), ixgbe_clear_vmdq_generic(9), ixgbe_set_vmdq_generic(9), ixgbe_set_vmdq_san_mac_generic(9), ixgbe_init_uta_tables_generic(9), ixgbe_find_vlvf_slot(9), ixgbe_set_vfta_generic(9), ixgbe_clear_vfta_generic(9), ixgbe_need_crosstalk_fix(9), ixgbe_get_wwn_prefix_generic(9), ixgbe_set_mac_anti_spoofing(9), ixgbe_set_vlan_anti_spoofing(9), ixgbe_get_device_caps_generic(9), ixgbe_set_rxpba_generic(9), ixgbe_calculate_checksum(9), ixgbe_hic_unlocked(9), ixgbe_host_interface_command(9), ixgbe_set_fw_drv_ver_generic(9), ixgbe_clear_tx_pending(9), ixgbe_get_ets_data(9), ixgbe_get_thermal_sensor_data_generic(9), ixgbe_init_thermal_sensor_thresh_generic(9), ixgbe_get_orom_version(9), ixgbe_get_oem_prod_version(9), ixgbe_get_etk_id(9), ixgbe_setup_mac_link_multispeed_fiber(9), ixgbe_set_soft_rate_select_speed(9)

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and that's the whole page bestie, you ate that 💅✨

source: ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i... — October 2026 — ixgbe_check_...link_generic(9) — mwah, love u, go check those link registers 🎀🦋💖