ixgbe_start_mac_link_82599(9)

👑 ixgbe_start_mac_link_82599 👑

okay so bestie, we're in the Kernel API Manual today and this is literally the page for ixgbe_start_mac_link_82599 — the function that gets your MAC link all dressed up and ready to go. it's giving "getting ready for the party" energy and honestly? iconic 💅

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✨ NAME ✨

ixgbe_start_mac_link_82599 — Setup MAC link settings 🎀

no cap, that's the whole vibe: it sets up the MAC link settings.

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

int ixgbe_start_mac_link_82599 (struct ixgbe_hw *hw , bool
autoneg_wait_to_complete );

that's the whole signature, and yes, it returns an int — keep that in mind, it's a vibe check on whether things worked 😭

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🌸 ARGUMENTS 🌸

• hw — pointer to hardware structure. like, the actual hardware, bestie. the thing you're configuring 🫶
• autoneg_wait_to_complete — a bool that's true when waiting for completion is needed. so if you set it true, you're the patient one who waits for it to finish. periodt 💀

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💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

so what does it actually do? three things, in order, no skips:

1. Configures link settings based on values in the ixgbe_hw struct — so it reads what's already in there and goes off that ✨
2. Restarts the link — yes, literally restarts it 🔥
3. Performs autonegotiation if needed — only if needed though, it's not doing extra work for free 🙈

that's it. that's the function. lowkey elegant, highkey important 👑

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

the kernel file this lives in:

• ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_82599.c

and literally all of these friends, go say hi to them too 🧚:

• prot_autoc_read_82599(9), prot_autoc_write_82599(9), ixgbe_init_phy_ops_82599(9), ixgbe_get_link_capabilities_82599(9), ixgbe_get_media_type_82599(9), ixgbe_stop_mac_link_on_d3_82599(9), ixgbe_disable_tx_laser_multispeed_fiber(9), ixgbe_enable_tx_laser_multispeed_fiber(9), ixgbe_flap_tx_laser_multispeed_fiber(9), ixgbe_set_hard_rate_select_speed(9), ixgbe_setup_mac_link_smartspeed(9), ixgbe_setup_mac_link_82599(9), ixgbe_setup_copper_link_82599(9), ixgbe_reset_hw_82599(9), ixgbe_fdir_check_cmd_complete(9), ixgbe_reinit_fdir_tables_82599(9), ixgbe_fdir_enable_82599(9), ixgbe_init_fdir_signature_82599(9), ixgbe_init_fdir_perfect_82599(9), ixgbe_atr_compute_sig_hash_82599(9), ixgbe_fdir_add_signature_filter_82599(9), ixgbe_atr_compute_perfect_hash_82599(9), ixgbe_get_fdirtcpm_82599(9), ixgbe_read_analog_reg8_82599(9), ixgbe_write_analog_reg8_82599(9), ixgbe_start_hw_82599(9), ixgbe_identify_phy_82599(9), ixgbe_enable_rx_dma_82599(9), ixgbe_verify_fw_version_82599(9), ixgbe_verify_lesm_fw_enabled_82599(9), ixgbe_read_eeprom_buffer_82599(9), ixgbe_read_eeprom_82599(9), ixgbe_reset_pipeline_82599(9), ixgbe_read_i2c_byte_82599(9), ixgbe_write_i2c_byte_82599(9)

like, that's a whole friend group. iykyk 🍓

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aaaaand that's the page!! tysm for reading, mwah 💜 this one came from the source <cyan>./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i...</cyan> and it's dated October 2026, filed under ixgbe_start_mac_link_82599(9) — bookmark it, screenshot it, send it to the group chat, whatever, just don't lose it ✨🎀🦋