ixgbe_setup...ink_t_X550em(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

okay bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual ✨ this one's a kernel function page for ixgbe_setup_mac_link_t_X550em — yes it's a long name, yes the man page header abbreviates it all sad and squished as ixgbe_setup...ink_t_X550em(9), and yes we're getting through it together 🫶

🌸 NAME 🌸

ixgbe_setup_mac_link_t_X550em — sets the auto advertised link speed</p> 💅

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

int ixgbe_setup_mac_link_t_X550em (struct ixgbe_hw *hw ,
ixgbe_link_speed speed , bool autoneg_wait );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

  • hw — pointer to hardware structure 🔧
  • speed — new link speed ⚡
  • autoneg_wait — true when waiting for completion is needed ⏳

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

So what it does: it sets up the internal/external PHY link speed based on link speed, and then sets the external PHY auto advertised link speed. Two-step situation, main character energy 👑

Returns error status for any failure 😭 — so like, check that return value, fr fr.

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

Kernel file ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_x550.c — that's the whole squad right here 👇

ok that's the whole thing, you ate that 🍓 source is ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i... (the footer cut it off, not me 🙈), dated October 2026, and it lives in the Kernel API Manual — mwah, go read some kernel source bestie 💜🧚‍♀️

📦 where this page comes from