ixgbe_get_caps(9)

💅 NAME

okay bestie, welcome to ixgbe_get_caps(9) from the Kernel API Manual — this one is here to get info about the HW. No cap. 💖

✨ SYNOPSIS

int ixgbe_get_caps (struct ixgbe_hw *hw );

🎀 ARGUMENTS

• hw — pointer to the hardware structure, aka the struct ixgbe_hw * bestie. 🫶

🦋 DESCRIPTION

Retrieve both device and function capabilities. That's the whole vibe: device caps and function caps, both retrieved, together, the full package. ✨

🌸 RETURN

It returns the exit code of the operation. That's it, that's the tea. 🍓

💖 SEE ALSO

the whole ixgbe friend group, in order, no cap:

• Kernel file — ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_e610.c
• ixgbe_should_retry_aci_send_cmd_execute(9)
• ixgbe_aci_send_cmd_execute(9)
• ixgbe_aci_send_cmd(9)
• ixgbe_aci_check_event_pending(9)
• ixgbe_aci_get_event(9)
• ixgbe_fill_dflt_direct_cmd_desc(9)
• ixgbe_aci_get_fw_ver(9)
• ixgbe_aci_req_res(9)
• ixgbe_aci_release_res(9)
• ixgbe_acquire_res(9)
• ixgbe_release_res(9)
• ixgbe_parse_e610_caps(9)
• ixgbe_parse_valid_functions_cap(9)
• ixgbe_parse_vf_dev_caps(9)
• ixgbe_parse_vsi_dev_caps(9)
• ixgbe_parse_fdir_dev_caps(9)
• ixgbe_parse_dev_caps(9)
• ixgbe_parse_vf_func_caps(9)
• ixgbe_get_num_per_func(9)
• ixgbe_parse_vsi_func_caps(9)
• ixgbe_parse_func_caps(9)
• ixgbe_aci_list_caps(9)
• ixgbe_discover_dev_caps(9)
• ixgbe_discover_func_caps(9)
• ixgbe_aci_disable_rxen(9)
• ixgbe_aci_get_phy_caps(9)
• ixgbe_copy_phy_caps_to_cfg(9)
• ixgbe_aci_set_phy_cfg(9)
• ixgbe_aci_set_link_restart_an(9)
• ixgbe_is_media_cage_present(9)
• ixgbe_get_media_type_from_phy_type(9)
• ixgbe_update_link_info(9)
• ixgbe_get_link_status(9)
• ixgbe_aci_get_link_info(9)
• ixgbe_aci_set_event_mask(9)
• ixgbe_configure_lse(9)
• ixgbe_start_hw_e610(9)
• ixgbe_aci_set_port_id_led(9)
• ixgbe_get_media_type_e610(9)
• ixgbe_setup_link_e610(9)
• ixgbe_check_link_e610(9)
• ixgbe_get_link_capabilities_e610(9)
• ixgbe_cfg_phy_fc(9)
• ixgbe_setup_fc_e610(9)
• ixgbe_fc_autoneg_e610(9)
• ixgbe_disable_rx_e610(9)
• ixgbe_fw_recovery_mode_e610(9)
• ixgbe_fw_rollback_mode_e610(9)
• ixgbe_init_phy_ops_e610(9)
• ixgbe_identify_phy_e610(9)
• ixgbe_setup_eee_e610(9)
• ixgbe_identify_module_e610(9)
• ixgbe_setup_phy_link_e610(9)
• ixgbe_set_phy_power_e610(9)
• ixgbe_enter_lplu_e610(9)
• ixgbe_init_eeprom_params_e610(9)
• ixgbe_aci_get_netlist_node(9)
• ixgbe_acquire_nvm(9)
• ixgbe_release_nvm(9)
• ixgbe_aci_read_nvm(9)
• ixgbe_aci_erase_nvm(9)
• ixgbe_aci_update_nvm(9)
• ixgbe_nvm_write_activate(9)
• ixgbe_nvm_validate_checksum(9)
• ixgbe_discover_flash_size(9)
• ixgbe_read_sr_base_address(9)
• ixgbe_read_sr_area_size(9)
• ixgbe_determine_active_flash_banks(9)
• ixgbe_get_flash_bank_offset(9)
• ixgbe_read_flash_module(9)
• ixgbe_read_nvm_module(9)
• ixgbe_read_netlist_module(9)
• ixgbe_read_orom_module(9)
• ixgbe_get_nvm_css_hdr_len(9)
• ixgbe_read_nvm_sr_copy(9)
• ixgbe_get_nvm_srev(9)
• ixgbe_get_orom_civd_data(9)
• ixgbe_get_orom_srev(9)
• ixgbe_get_orom_ver_info(9)
• ixgbe_get_inactive_orom_ver(9)
• ixgbe_get_nvm_ver_info(9)
• ixgbe_get_inactive_nvm_ver(9)
• ixgbe_get_active_nvm_ver(9)
• ixgbe_get_netlist_info(9)
• ixgbe_get_inactive_netlist_ver(9)
• ixgbe_get_flash_data(9)
• ixgbe_aci_nvm_update_empr(9)
• ixgbe_read_sr_word_aci(9)
• ixgbe_read_flat_nvm(9)
• ixgbe_read_sr_buf_aci(9)
• ixgbe_read_ee_aci_e610(9)
• ixgbe_read_ee_aci_buffer_e610(9)
• ixgbe_validate_eeprom_checksum_e610(9)
• ixgbe_reset_hw_e610(9)
• ixgbe_get_pfa_module_tlv(9)
• ixgbe_read_pba_string_e610(9)

before you go, bestie: source/version is ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i..., date is October 2026, and the page is ixgbe_get_caps(9) — mwah 💋