ixgbe_watchdog_link_is_down(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

okay so this is a page from the Kernel API Manual, and the function we're obsessing over today is ixgbe_watchdog_link_is_down. she's from the ixgbe driver, she lives in the kernel, and her whole personality is noticing when the link goes down 🫶

✨ NAME ✨

ixgbe_watchdog_link_is_down — literally updates the netif_carrier status and prints the link-down message 💀 like that's her job, that's what she does, periodt.

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

void ixgbe_watchdog_link_is_down (struct ixgbe_adapter *adapter );

no cap, that's the whole signature. she takes one pointer and returns nothing (void) — lowkey humble of her 💅

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

  • adapter — pointer to the adapter structure 🦋 yeah that's it, that's the whole argument list. one (1) pointer. she's low-maintenance like that.

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

okay bestie, buckle up, because the friend group is huge. these are all the other kernel functions vibing in ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c — the kernel file where the source lives 🧚

ngl that's a whole group chat worth of (9) references 😭 every single one of them is family, don't leave a single one on read 🫶

💜 the cute sign-off 💜

this page came from the kernel source file ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c (the footer shows it truncated as ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i... because apparently even man pages get cut off mid-sentence, iconic 💀), and the whole thing is dated October 2026. so yes, she's from the future, she's a leo, she updates your netif_carrier status and tells everyone the link is down. go off queen 👑✨🍓

📦 where this page comes from