ixgbe_fc_autoneg_fiber(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 ixgbe_fc_autoneg_fiber(9) — the ixgbe_fc_autoneg_fiber page, bestie edition 🎀

okay so this is a page from the Kernel API Manual, and it's all about one tiny little function named ixgbe_fc_autoneg_fiber — yes that's a mouthful, no I will not be shortening it, it's iconic and it knows it ✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

ixgbe_fc_autoneg_fiber — literally here to enable flow control on 1 gig fiber. that's it. that's the whole vibe. she has one job and she slays it 💅

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

int ixgbe_fc_autoneg_fiber (struct ixgbe_hw *hw );
ngl the signature is short and sweet — an int coming back at you, and one pointer going in. main character energy fr fr 🔥

💖 ARGUMENTS 💖

  • hw — pointer to the hardware structure. yep, that's the whole guest list for this function — one pointer to the hardware struct, and that's who she's talking to 🫶

⭐ DESCRIPTION ⭐

Enable flow control according on 1 gig fiber. 💫

like… that's the description. it's giving "said what she said." no extra lore, no bonus content — just 1 gig fiber getting its flow control enabled, periodt. 🌈

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

first up, the literal kernel file she lives in — go say hi:

  • Kernel file ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_common.c

and then… bestie. the friend group is massive. it's giving family reunion 😭 every single one of these is called with section (9), and here they all are, in order, no cap:

like… ninety-plus entries?? she said "you WILL know my whole circle." and honestly? respect. 💜

and that's the page!! mwah 💋 source is that truncated little beauty ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i..., dated October 2026, and yeah — the manual name is ixgbe_fc_autoneg_fiber(9), in case you forgot already (I would never 🫶). catch you in the next page, bestie!! 🎀✨🦋

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