ixgbe_start_mac_link_82598(9)

💖 ixgbe_start_mac_link_82598(9) — Kernel API Manual 💖

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✨ NAME ✨

ixgbe_start_mac_link_82598 — Configures MAC link settings 💅

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

int ixgbe_start_mac_link_82598 (struct ixgbe_hw *hw , bool
       autoneg_wait_to_complete );

🌸 ARGUMENTS 🌸

• hw — pointer to hardware structure 🫶
• autoneg_wait_to_complete — true when waiting for completion is needed ⏳

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

okay so the way this works is: it configures link settings based on values in the ixgbe_hw struct, then it restarts the link, and it performs autonegotiation if needed. that's the whole flow, and yes it ate 💅✨ periodt.

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

the whole friend group, no cap:

• Kernel file — ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_82598.c
• ixgbe_set_pcie_completion_timeout(9)
• ixgbe_init_phy_ops_82598(9)
• ixgbe_start_hw_82598(9)
• ixgbe_get_link_capabilities_82598(9)
• ixgbe_get_media_type_82598(9)
• ixgbe_fc_enable_82598(9)
• ixgbe_validate_link_ready(9)
• ixgbe_check_mac_link_82598(9)
• ixgbe_setup_mac_link_82598(9)
• ixgbe_setup_copper_link_82598(9)
• ixgbe_reset_hw_82598(9)
• ixgbe_set_vmdq_82598(9)
• ixgbe_clear_vmdq_82598(9)
• ixgbe_set_vfta_82598(9)
• ixgbe_clear_vfta_82598(9)
• ixgbe_read_analog_reg8_82598(9)
• ixgbe_write_analog_reg8_82598(9)
• ixgbe_read_i2c_phy_82598(9)
• ixgbe_read_i2c_eeprom_82598(9)
• ixgbe_read_i2c_sff8472_82598(9)
• ixgbe_set_lan_id_multi_port_pcie_82598(9)
• ixgbe_set_rxpba_82598(9)

mwah 💋 cute little sign-off: the source/version footer is ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i..., dated October 2026, and the page is ixgbe_start_mac_link_82598(9). bye bestie, go slay those links 🫶✨