ixgbe_get_l...lities_82599(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

👑 ixgbe_get_l...lities_82599(9) — bestie edition 👑

okay so this one lives in the Kernel API Manual, and the page name is literally ixgbe_get_l...lities_82599(9) — yes it's truncated like that, no I did not do it, that's just how it's printed, iykyk 💅

✨ NAME ✨

ixgbe_get_link_capabilities_82599 — bestie, it Determines link capabilities 🦋 that's the whole job, that's the whole vibe.

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

int ixgbe_get_link_capabilities_82599 (struct ixgbe_hw *hw ,
ixgbe_link_speed *speed , bool *autoneg );

like, three args, one int back, no drama ✨

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

  • hw — pointer to hardware structure. it's giving "here's the hardware, go look at it" 🫶
  • speed — pointer to link speed 💨 (a pointer, so it can write back to you, main character energy fr)
  • autoneg — true when autoneg or autotry is enabled ⭐ that's it, that's the boolean

🔥 DESCRIPTION 🔥

so what it does: Determines the link capabilities by reading the AUTOC register. 📖

that's the tea ☕ one register, AUTOC, gets read, and boom — link capabilities, determined. no cap, that's genuinely the entire description, and honestly? iconic. short, sweet, to the point. periodt 💖

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

the kernel file it lives in, bestie:

  • ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_82599.c

and the whole friendship group 💜 (all of these are (9) pages, every single one, no skips):

and that's the whole page, bestie 🧚💫 source/version line is ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i... and the date is October 2026, page is ixgbe_get_l...lities_82599(9) — mwah, go read the AUTOC register, ily 🍓💖

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