ixgbe_set_so...select_speed(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💖 ixgbe_set_soft_rate_select_speed(9) 💖

okay bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual ✨ — yes, that's the manual we're in, and yes, this page is short but she is mysterious. We're talking about ixgbe_set_soft_rate_select_speed, which the header abbreviates as ixgbe_set_so...select_speed(9) because even the manpage got tired typing it out 😭

🌸 NAME 🌸

ixgbe_set_soft_rate_select_speed — set module link speed 💅

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

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

yes it's a void function, she does her thing and doesn't report back, no cap 🫶

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

  • hw — pointer to hardware structure 🔥 like, the whole hardware vibe, handed to you
  • speed — link speed to set ⭐ the number, the speed, the moment

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

Set the module link speed via the soft rate select. that's it, that's the whole description 💀 she's lowkey a one-job icon and she does that one job.

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

the family tree fr fr, every single one of them 👑

Kernel file 📁 ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_common.c — that's where she lives, that's her home 🏠

ngl bestie, if you read all of those SEE ALSO entries in one sitting you get main character energy 👑 and also maybe a snack, you deserve it 🍓

mwah 💜 that's the whole page! brought to you by the Kernel API Manual, source vibes from ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i..., dated October 2026, and signed off with the same tiny ixgbe_set_so...select_speed(9) on the corner like a little butterfly 🦋✨

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