ixgbe_set_ha...select_speed(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💖 ixgbe_set_hard_rate_select_speed(9) 💖

okay bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual entry for ixgbe_set_hard_rate_select_speed — yes the header truncates it to ixgbe_set_ha...select_speed(9) because even man pages run out of room sometimes 😭 but we know the full name and we're gonna slay it.

✨ NAME ✨

ixgbe_set_hard_rate_select_speed — set the module link speed 🎀

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

void ixgbe_set_hard_rate_select_speed (struct ixgbe_hw *hw ,
ixgbe_link_speed speed );

That's it, that's the whole signature — no return value, she just does the thing and leaves. 💅

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

  • hw — pointer to the hardware structure. like, the whole vibe of the NIC, handed to you as a pointer 🫶
  • speed — the link speed to set, typed as ixgbe_link_speed ⚡

💜 DESCRIPTION 💜

Set the module link speed via the RS0/RS1 rate select pins. that's the whole assignment, no cap ✨ it's literally setting a speed, on a module, through those pins, and that's iconic of it honestly 👑

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

okay so here's the whole friend group, no one's getting left out 💖

Kernel file:

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

and the rest of the 82599 crew:

like, look at that roster. main character energy from every single one 🧚‍♀️

ngl this page is short and sweet — one function, one job, one speed. no drama, just pins. 🙈

kisses, bestie 💋 this was ixgbe_set_ha...select_speed(9) from the source path ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i..., dated October 2026 — same name up top, same name down here, we love a full circle moment 🫶✨

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