ixgbe_fc_enable_82598(9)

🦋 ixgbe_fc_enable_82598(9) — the Kernel API Manual bestie era 🦋

okay so real talk, this is a page straight out of the Kernel API Manual and it's about one very specific little function: ixgbe_fc_enable_82598. it's giving "niche Intel 82598 driver lore" and honestly? iconic. let's get into it 💅

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✨ NAME ✨

ixgbe_fc_enable_82598 — Enable flow control. that's it, that's the whole vibe 🫶

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

int ixgbe_fc_enable_82598 (struct ixgbe_hw *hw );

like, copy that exactly bestie, don't be cute with the spacing 🙈

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• hw — pointer to hardware structure. yes queen, hand over the hardware struct and let her cook 🔥

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💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

Enable flow control according to the current settings.

fr fr that's the entire description — she enables flow control, and she does it according to the current settings, which means whatever's already configured is what she's working with. no cap, no extra params, no drama 💀

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

the group chat, basically. every one of these gets a mention because we do not leave anyone on read 👑

• Kernel file ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_82598.c
• ixgbe_set_pcie_completion_timeout(9)
• ixgbe_init_phy_ops_82598(9)
• ixgbe_start_hw_82598(9)
• ixgbe_get_link_capabilities_82598(9)
• ixgbe_get_media_type_82598(9)
• ixgbe_start_mac_link_82598(9)
• ixgbe_validate_link_ready(9)
• ixgbe_check_mac_link_82598(9)
• ixgbe_setup_mac_link_82598(9)
• ixgbe_setup_copper_link_82598(9)
• ixgbe_reset_hw_82598(9)
• ixgbe_set_vmdq_82598(9)
• ixgbe_clear_vmdq_82598(9)
• ixgbe_set_vfta_82598(9)
• ixgbe_clear_vfta_82598(9)
• ixgbe_read_analog_reg8_82598(9)
• ixgbe_write_analog_reg8_82598(9)
• ixgbe_read_i2c_phy_82598(9)
• ixgbe_read_i2c_eeprom_82598(9)
• ixgbe_read_i2c_sff8472_82598(9)
• ixgbe_set_lan_id_multi_port_pcie_82598(9)
• ixgbe_set_rxpba_82598(9)

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lowkey a whole friend group of _82598 functions and this one is just the flow-control girlie of the bunch 💜

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and that's the page!! sign-off time 🧚 source/version situation is ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i... and the date on this beauty is October 2026, page name ixgbe_fc_enable_82598(9). slay, bye bestie 💖✨🍓