ixgbe_setup_...link_generic(9)

💖 ixgbe_setup_phy_link_generic — the Kernel API Manual, but make it make sense 💖

okay so bestie, we're in the Kernel API Manual today and this page is all about ixgbe_setup_...link_generic(9) — yes the title really is abbreviated like that, she's mysterious, she's got range 💅

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✨ NAME ✨

ixgbe_setup_phy_link_generic — set and restart autoneg 🎀

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

int ixgbe_setup_phy_link_generic (struct ixgbe_hw *hw );

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• hw — pointer to hardware structure. that's it. that's the whole vibe. you hand her a pointer to the hardware struct and she goes to work 💜

🔥 DESCRIPTION 🔥

Restart autonegotiation and PHY and waits for completion. literally that's the whole thing — she restarts the autoneg, restarts the PHY, and then she waits for it to finish, no cutting corners, no skipping the wait, periodt ⭐

ngl the waiting part is doing a lot of heavy lifting here. don't touch anything until she's done, iykyk 😭

💀 SEE ALSO 💀

bestie this list is long — she's connected to literally everyone in the ixgbe_phy.c friend group. first up, the kernel file itself:

Kernel file ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_phy.c

and now the whole group chat, in order, no one left out 🫶:

• ixgbe_out_i2c_byte_ack(9)
• ixgbe_in_i2c_byte_ack(9)
• ixgbe_ones_comp_byte_add(9)
• ixgbe_read_i2c_combined_generic_int(9)
• ixgbe_write_i2c_combined_generic_int(9)
• ixgbe_probe_phy(9)
• ixgbe_identify_phy_generic(9)
• ixgbe_check_reset_blocked(9)
• ixgbe_get_phy_id(9)
• ixgbe_get_phy_type_from_id(9)
• ixgbe_reset_phy_generic(9)
• ixgbe_read_phy_reg_mdi(9)
• ixgbe_read_phy_reg_generic(9)
• ixgbe_write_phy_reg_mdi(9)
• ixgbe_write_phy_reg_generic(9)
• ixgbe_msca_cmd(9)
• ixgbe_mii_bus_read_generic_c22(9)
• ixgbe_mii_bus_read_generic_c45(9)
• ixgbe_mii_bus_write_generic_c22(9)
• ixgbe_mii_bus_write_generic_c45(9)
• ixgbe_mii_bus_read_c22(9)
• ixgbe_mii_bus_read_c45(9)
• ixgbe_mii_bus_write_c22(9)
• ixgbe_mii_bus_write_c45(9)
• ixgbe_x550em_a_mii_bus_read_c22(9)
• ixgbe_x550em_a_mii_bus_read_c45(9)
• ixgbe_x550em_a_mii_bus_write_c22(9)
• ixgbe_x550em_a_mii_bus_write_c45(9)
• ixgbe_get_first_secondary_devfn(9)
• ixgbe_x550em_a_has_mii(9)
• ixgbe_mii_bus_init(9)
• ixgbe_setup_phy_link_speed_generic(9)
• ixgbe_get_copper_speeds_supported(9)
• ixgbe_get_copper_link_capabilities_generic(9)
• ixgbe_check_phy_link_tnx(9)
• ixgbe_setup_phy_link_tnx(9)
• ixgbe_reset_phy_nl(9)
• ixgbe_identify_module_generic(9)
• ixgbe_identify_sfp_module_generic(9)
• ixgbe_identify_qsfp_module_generic(9)
• ixgbe_get_sfp_init_sequence_offsets(9)
• ixgbe_read_i2c_eeprom_generic(9)
• ixgbe_read_i2c_sff8472_generic(9)
• ixgbe_write_i2c_eeprom_generic(9)
• ixgbe_is_sfp_probe(9)
• ixgbe_read_i2c_byte_generic_int(9)
• ixgbe_read_i2c_byte_generic(9)
• ixgbe_read_i2c_byte_generic_unlocked(9)
• ixgbe_write_i2c_byte_generic_int(9)
• ixgbe_write_i2c_byte_generic(9)
• ixgbe_write_i2c_byte_generic_unlocked(9)
• ixgbe_i2c_start(9)
• ixgbe_i2c_stop(9)
• ixgbe_clock_in_i2c_byte(9)
• ixgbe_clock_out_i2c_byte(9)
• ixgbe_get_i2c_ack(9)
• ixgbe_clock_in_i2c_bit(9)
• ixgbe_clock_out_i2c_bit(9)
• ixgbe_raise_i2c_clk(9)
• ixgbe_lower_i2c_clk(9)
• ixgbe_set_i2c_data(9)
• ixgbe_get_i2c_data(9)
• ixgbe_i2c_bus_clear(9)
• ixgbe_tn_check_overtemp(9)

like?? sixty-four whole siblings?? she's the main character of a very large family and honestly good for her 👑

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and that's the page!! source situation: this came out of ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i... (yes it's cut off, that's how they shipped it, don't come for me 🙈) and it's dated October 2026 ⭐ so mark your calendar bestie, it's giving futuristic 🦋💖