ixgbe_fc_autoneg_backplane(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💖 NAME 💖

okay so bestie, welcome to ixgbe_fc_autoneg_backplane(9) — that's the page, and it lives in the Kernel API Manual ✨ it does exactly one iconic thing: enable flow control IEEE clause 37 💅 no cap, that's the whole vibe.

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

int ixgbe_fc_autoneg_backplane (struct ixgbe_hw *hw );

one function, one pointer, one return of type int — clean, minimal, main character energy 👑

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

  • hw — pointer to hardware structure 🫶 literally just a pointer to the hardware struct, that's it, that's the whole argument list.

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so the actual job, bestie: enable flow control according to IEEE clause 37 🌈 that's it. that's the function. it shows up, it enables flow control per IEEE clause 37, it leaves 💫

💀 reminder to my past self: IEEE clause 37 is the spec being referenced here — don't go thinking it's clause 73, that's a different situation entirely, iykyk.

✨ SEE ALSO ✨

first up, the actual home base for this code — kernel file ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_common.c 🏠 go read it, it's giving source of truth ✨

and now the whole friend group 🫶 every single one of these, no skips, no cuts, full roster:

like I said. the whole group chat 😭💜

okay that's the page!! 🎀 source on this one is ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i... (yes it's truncated in the footer, that's how it came, don't @ me 🙈) and it's dated October 2026 ⭐ so go forth, enable that flow control per IEEE clause 37, and slay 💅✨🦋

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