ixgbe_get_co...ties_generic(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual ✨ — yes this is a real manual page from the kernel docs, and yes the function name is literally that long, we don't make the rules we just slay in them 🎀. The star of today's episode is ixgbe_get_copper_link_capabilities_generic — say it three times fast, I dare you 😭.

✨ NAME ✨

ixgbe_get_copper_link_capabilities_generic — determines link capabilities 🦋💖 she's a capability-checker, that's her whole job, and she's iconic for it.

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

int ixgbe_get_copper_link_capabilities_generic (struct ixgbe_hw *hw ,
ixgbe_link_speed *speed , bool *autoneg );

so you call her, you hand her three things, she returns an int — classic. nothing weird here, no cap 🫶

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

  • hw — pointer to hardware structure 💻 lowkey the main character of the whole signature, she is the hardware, respect her.
  • speed — pointer to link speed ⚡ so the speed gets to live somewhere cool after she's done, we love an out-param moment.
  • autoneg — boolean auto-negotiation value 🗣️ yes bestie, auto-neg, as in auto-negotiation, as in the link negotiates with itself so you don't have to — it's a bool, she's just a yes-or-no girlie.
ngl, these are pointers, so they're presumably there to get filled in — the original doesn't spell out the behaviour beyond the one-liners, so I'm not gonna make stuff up. take the description at face value and go read the source if you need the full lore 🙈

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

first up, the actual home of this function, the kernel file:

  • ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_phy.c 📁

and then, bestie… the friend group. the whole extended cinematic universe. all of these siblings, in order, no skips:

like, that's sixty-four cross-references, she has more friends than anyone at this school 💀 and every single one is spelled exactly right because we do not typo function names in this house 🔥

okay and finally, the sign-off 🎬 — this page comes from the source/version ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i... and it's dated October 2026 🍓. that's the whole page, bestie. you understood it, you ate, no crumbs, periodt 💅💜🧚‍♀️

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