ixgbe_proce...status_event(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual (yes that's the manual name, we're fancy now 🎀). Today's main character is ixgbe_process_link_status_event, and its whole job is literally just processing the link event. that's it. that's the function. no cap.

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

int ixgbe_process_link_status_event (struct ixgbe_adapter *adapter ,
bool link_up , u16 link_speed );

like, she takes three things and she returns an int. simple. elegant. iconic. 👑

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

  • adapter — pointer to the adapter structure. yes bestie, a pointer. she points at the adapter. that's her whole thing 💖
  • link_up — a bool, and it's true if the physical link is up and false if it's down. so basically it's giving "are we connected or not" vibes 🔥
  • link_speed — a u16 holding the current link speed, and listen, this one gets received from the link event. not guessed. not vibes-based. received. 📥

🌈 RETURN 🌈

it returns 0 on success, or a negative value on failure. so like, if you see a negative number, that's not a vibe check passing, that's a vibe check failing 😭💀

⭐ SEE ALSO ⭐

okay this section is a lot and I'm obsessed. the kernel file lives at ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c and here's the full squad, in order, no skips, no cuts, periodt:

like I said. the whole squad. 128-ish besties and every single one of them matters 🫶✨

ngl if your function hands back a negative value, go read the code, don't come for me 💀

and that's the tea, bestie 🍓 source file is ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i..., the version stamp says October 2026, and the page signs off as ixgbe_proce...status_event(9) — mwah, no notes, we ate 💅🎀🧚💜

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