ixgbe_setup...ispeed_fiber(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual, section 9 — this is the page for ixgbe_setup_mac_link_multispeed_fiber, aka the girlies' favorite way to tell an Intel NIC "hey, go faster". (The running header shortens it to ixgbe_setup...ispeed_fiber(9) because even man pages run out of room to flex. 🙈)

✨ NAME ✨

ixgbe_setup_mac_link_multispeed_fiber — literally just Set MAC link speed. that's the whole vibe. no cap. 💅

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

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

like, three args, one int back, and it's giving "trust me bro I know what I'm doing". ⭐

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

  • hw — pointer to hardware structure. it's the struct ixgbe_hw * herself, main character energy, and yes she's a pointer bestie 💜
  • speed — new link speed, type ixgbe_link_speed. the whole point of the function, honestly. 👑
  • autoneg_wait_to_complete — a bool; true when waiting for completion is needed. so like, <italic>true</italic> = "pls wait for it to finish", <italic>false</italic> = "we ball". 🔥

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

Set the link speed in the MAC and/or PHY register and restarts link.

that's it, that's the tea — you write the new speed into the MAC register and/or the PHY register, and then the link gets restarted. not me summarizing a whole function in one sentence 🫶✨

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

okay this is the part where the page absolutely ate — it's the whole ixgbe friend group, and they're all here. every single one, no skips, periodt. 👑

Kernel file ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_common.c — and then, alphabetically-adjacent besties:

like ninety-four entries?? she said "let me introduce you to everyone at this party". iconic behavior honestly 💀🫶

ngl bestie, if you got all the way down here you're officially an ixgbe girlie. go touch some fiber. 🌸

and that's the page!! sign-off time: this one came from the source ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i... (yes it's truncated, she's mysterious like that 💅), dated October 2026, filed under ixgbe_setup...ispeed_fiber(9) — mwah, love u, byeee 💖✨🎀

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