ixgbe_get_li...ilities_e610(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

okay bestie, so this page lives in the Kernel API Manual, and honestly? It's a tiny little function with a big job and I'm obsessed. Let's get into it. 🦋

✨ NAME ✨

ixgbe_get_link_capabilities_e610 — literally just "Determine link capabilities". That's it. That's the whole vibe check. 🎀

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

int ixgbe_get_link_capabilities_e610 (struct ixgbe_hw *hw ,
ixgbe_link_speed *speed , bool *autoneg );

no cap, that's the exact signature, don't come for me about the spacing, it's copy-pasted from the source of truth 💖

🫶 ARGUMENTS 🫶

  • hw — pointer to the hardware structure. it's giving "here's the hardware, go look at it" ✨
  • speed — pointer to link speed. yes it's a pointer, meaning this bad boy can write back to you 👀
  • autoneg — true when autoneg or autotry is enabled. so like, if the link is out here negotiating for itself, this is true 💅

👑 DESCRIPTION 👑

Determine speed and AN parameters of a link.

that's the whole thing. determine the speed, determine the AN params, move on with your life. main character energy from a function that does exactly one thing and does it well, periodt. 🌈

⭐ RETURN ⭐

Returns the exit code of the operation. so like, check it, don't just assume it slayed 🙈

💀 SEE ALSO 💀

okay this is the part where I need you to sit down. there are... a LOT of friends. this function does not roll alone. it's the whole group chat:

that's ninety-seven cross-references bestie, ninety-seven 😭 and every single one is in ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_e610.c's neighborhood. iykyk.

and that's the page!! 🌸 ty for reading my little kernel tedtalk, go forth and check your exit codes 💖

mwah 💋 — this cutie is from the Kernel API Manual, lives at ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i... (truncated, don't @ me, that's literally what it says), dated October 2026, and answers to ixgbe_get_li...ilities_e610(9) if you ever need to call her. 🎀✨

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