ixgbe_get_l...lities_82598(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

okay so this one lives in the Kernel API Manual (very official, very demure), and it's a little function with a big name that got truncated by the manpage formatter — no cap, you're in the right place. 🫶

🌸 NAME 🌸

ixgbe_get_link_capabilities_82598 — literally just determines link capabilities. that's the whole vibe check. 🦋

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

int ixgbe_get_link_capabilities_82598 (struct ixgbe_hw *hw ,
       ixgbe_link_speed *speed , bool *autoneg );

like, three args, one int coming back at you. iconic signature tbh. 💅

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

  • hw — pointer to hardware structure. yes bestie, the actual hardware struct, main character energy 👑
  • speed — pointer to link speed. it's a pointer, so whatever this writes back is coming home with you 🧚
  • autoneg — boolean auto-negotiation value. a little true/false moment 🌈

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

Determines the link capabilities by reading the AUTOCREG register.

that's it. that's the whole function. reads a register, figures out what the link can do. lowkey elegant, highkey slay. ⭐

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

the source file is right here, iykyk:

Kernel file ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_82598.c

and the whole friend group (all 82598, all iconic, all linked):

fr fr, that's the whole page — no hidden options, no environment variables, no exit statuses, nothing sneaky. it's giving "small page, big name". 💀

and that's a wrap, bestie!! 🍓 source path is ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i... (truncated, but you knew that 💜), dated October 2026, page ixgbe_get_l...lities_82598(9). periodt. 💅✨

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