ixgbe_setup_mac_link_82598(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

Hiii bestie 🫶 so you're digging through the Kernel API Manual and you found this one — ixgbe_setup_mac_link_82598 — and honestly? She's a little baddie with one job. Let's get into it 💖

✨ NAME ✨

ixgbe_setup_mac_link_82598 — set the MAC link speed 🔥 (yes that's literally it, she's focused, she's minimal, she's THAT girl)

🌈 SYNOPSIS 🌈

int ixgbe_setup_mac_link_82598 (struct ixgbe_hw *hw , ixgbe_link_speed
speed , bool autoneg_wait_to_complete );

okay so she takes three things and hands you back an int — write it down, we're going in 🎀

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

  • hw — pointer to the hardware structure. iconic. the hardware herself, in struct form 👑
  • speed — the new link speed, like the speed she's gonna be serving from now on 💨
  • autoneg_wait_to_complete — a bool, and it's true when waiting for completion is needed. like, do you want to sit there and wait for the whole thing to finish? that's the vibe check right there 🙈

💜 DESCRIPTION 💜

So what does she actually do? She sets the link speed in the AUTOC register and then restarts the link. That's the whole plot, no cap ✨ set the speed, restart the link, done, slay 💅

🌸 SEE ALSO 🌸

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Kernel file: ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_82598.c 📁

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ngl bestie this one's short and sweet — no warnings, no cursed deprecations, no gotchas hiding under the bed. just speed + restart 🍓

and that's the page!! 💖 sourced from ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i..., dated October 2026, manual section ixgbe_setup_mac_link_82598(9) — mwah, go forth and set those MAC link speeds, main character energy only 👑✨

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