ixgbe_watchdog_update_link(9)

💖 ixgbe_watchdog_update_link — from the Kernel API Manual ✨

okay so bestie, this one lives in the Kernel API Manual, and it's the lil function that updates the link status. that's the whole vibe. she's short, she's sweet, she's doing her job. 🎀

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🌸 NAME 🌸

ixgbe_watchdog_update_link — literally just updating the link status, no cap 💅

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

void ixgbe_watchdog_update_link (struct ixgbe_adapter *adapter );

she returns void (nothing back, she's not about that return-value life) and takes exactly one thing. periodt. 🫶

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• adapter — pointer to the device adapter structure. that's it, that's the argument. she needs the adapter so she knows which device she's out here updating. iconic of her tbh 👑

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

the kernel file herself lives at ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c — go say hi 🧚

and now, the guest list. it's long. it's giving ✨family reunion✨. every single one of these is a (9) section, bestie, i'm not typing them twice:

ixgbe_pcie_from_parent(9), ixgbe_read_reg(9), ixgbe_set_ivar(9), ixgbe_get_vf_idx(9), ixgbe_tx_timeout_reset(9), ixgbe_tx_maxrate(9), ixgbe_update_tx_ring_stats(9), ixgbe_update_rx_ring_stats(9), ixgbe_pf_handle_tx_hang(9), ixgbe_vf_handle_tx_hang(9), ixgbe_check_illegal_queue(9), ixgbe_handle_mdd_event(9), ixgbe_clean_tx_irq(9), ixgbe_rx_is_fcoe(9), ixgbe_rx_checksum(9), ixgbe_alloc_rx_buffers(9), ixgbe_process_skb_fields(9), ixgbe_is_non_eop(9), ixgbe_pull_tail(9), ixgbe_dma_sync_frag(9), ixgbe_cleanup_headers(9), ixgbe_reuse_rx_page(9), ixgbe_add_rx_frag(9), ixgbe_clean_rx_irq(9), ixgbe_configure_msix(9), ixgbe_update_itr(9), ixgbe_write_eitr(9), ixgbe_check_overtemp_subtask(9), ixgbe_check_phy_fw_load(9), ixgbe_check_module_power(9), ixgbe_check_link_cfg_err(9), ixgbe_process_link_status_event(9), ixgbe_handle_link_status_event(9), ixgbe_schedule_fw_event(9), ixgbe_aci_event_cleanup(9), ixgbe_handle_fw_event(9), ixgbe_irq_enable(9), ixgbe_poll(9), ixgbe_request_msix_irqs(9), ixgbe_intr(9), ixgbe_request_irq(9), ixgbe_irq_disable(9), ixgbe_configure_msi_and_legacy(9), ixgbe_configure_tx_ring(9), ixgbe_configure_tx(9), ixgbe_rss_indir_tbl_entries(9), ixgbe_store_key(9), ixgbe_init_rss_key(9), ixgbe_store_reta(9), ixgbe_store_vfreta(9), ixgbe_configure_rscctl(9), ixgbe_configure_rx(9), ixgbe_vlan_strip_disable(9), ixgbe_vlan_strip_enable(9), ixgbe_write_mc_addr_list(9), ixgbe_set_rx_mode(9), ixgbe_configure_dcb(9), ixgbe_hpbthresh(9), ixgbe_lpbthresh(9), ixgbe_clean_rx_ring(9), ixgbe_enable_link_status_events(9), ixgbe_disable_link_status_events(9), ixgbe_sfp_link_config(9), ixgbe_non_sfp_link_config(9), ixgbe_check_media_subtask(9), ixgbe_clear_vf_stats_counters(9), ixgbe_clean_tx_ring(9), ixgbe_clean_all_rx_rings(9), ixgbe_clean_all_tx_rings(9), ixgbe_set_eee_capable(9), ixgbe_tx_timeout(9), ixgbe_sw_init(9), ixgbe_setup_tx_resources(9), ixgbe_setup_all_tx_resources(9), ixgbe_setup_rx_resources(9), ixgbe_setup_all_rx_resources(9), ixgbe_free_tx_resources(9), ixgbe_free_all_tx_resources(9), ixgbe_free_rx_resources(9), ixgbe_free_all_rx_resources(9), ixgbe_max_xdp_frame_size(9), ixgbe_change_mtu(9), ixgbe_open(9), ixgbe_close(9), ixgbe_update_stats(9), ixgbe_fdir_reinit_subtask(9), ixgbe_check_hang_subtask(9), ixgbe_watchdog_link_is_up(9), ixgbe_watchdog_link_is_down(9), ixgbe_watchdog_flush_tx(9), ixgbe_watchdog_subtask(9), ixgbe_sfp_detection_subtask(9), ixgbe_sfp_link_config_subtask(9), ixgbe_service_timer(9), ixgbe_check_fw_error(9), ixgbe_service_task(9), ixgbe_set_mac(9), ixgbe_add_sanmac_netdev(9), ixgbe_del_sanmac_netdev(9), ixgbe_validate_rtr(9), ixgbe_set_prio_tc_map(9), ixgbe_setup_tc(9), ixgbe_configure_bridge_mode(9), ixgbe_irq_disable_single(9), ixgbe_txrx_ring_disable(9), ixgbe_txrx_ring_enable(9), ixgbe_enumerate_functions(9), ixgbe_wol_supported(9), ixgbe_set_fw_version_e610(9), ixgbe_set_fw_version(9), ixgbe_recovery_probe(9), ixgbe_probe(9), ixgbe_remove(9), ixgbe_io_error_detected(9), ixgbe_io_slot_reset(9), ixgbe_io_resume(9), ixgbe_init_module(9), ixgbe_exit_module(9)

like i said. everyone was invited. 💀

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ngl bestie, the cross-references list is longer than the actual page. that's not a bug, that's just how the kernel rolls. 🙈

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mwah 💜 that's the whole page!! signed off with love from the source path ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i... (yes it's truncated in the footer, she's shy 🎀), version October 2026, and the title herself ixgbe_watchdog_update_link(9) — go update that link status, queen 👑✨🍓