ixgbevf_wat...link_is_down(9)

💖 ixgbevf_wat...link_is_down(9) 💖

okay bestie, so this is a page straight out of the Kernel API Manual, and the star of the show is ixgbevf_wat...link_is_down(9) — yes the title is literally truncated like that in the header, that's just how it is, no cap. She's giving "abbreviated but iconic." 🎀

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✨ NAME ✨

ixgbevf_watchdog_link_is_down — she updates the netif_carrier status and prints the link down message. That's the whole job. Very demure, very mindful. 💅

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

void ixgbevf_watchdog_link_is_down (struct ixgbevf_adapter *adapter );

like… that's it. no return value, she just does things. 🦋

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🫶 ARGUMENTS 🫶

• adapter — pointer to the adapter structure. literally just a pointer to your adapter struct, bestie, that's the whole vibe check. 🧚

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

first up, the source file she lives in:

• Kernel file ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/ixgbevf_main.c

and then… okay so there is a whole squad, and I mean the entire friend group is tagged here. every single one, fr fr:

• ixgbevf_set_ivar(9), ixgbevf_tx_timeout(9), ixgbevf_clean_tx_irq(9), ixgbevf_rx_skb(9)
• ixgbevf_rx_checksum(9), ixgbevf_process_skb_fields(9), ixgbevf_is_non_eop(9), ixgbevf_alloc_rx_buffers(9)
• ixgbevf_cleanup_headers(9), ixgbevf_reuse_rx_page(9), ixgbevf_add_rx_frag(9), ixgbevf_poll(9)
• ixgbevf_write_eitr(9), ixgbevf_configure_msix(9), ixgbevf_update_itr(9), ixgbevf_msix_clean_rings(9)
• ixgbevf_request_msix_irqs(9), ixgbevf_request_irq(9), ixgbevf_irq_disable(9), ixgbevf_irq_enable(9)
• ixgbevf_configure_tx_ring(9), ixgbevf_configure_tx(9), ixgbevf_init_rss_key(9), ixgbevf_configure_rx(9)
• ixgbevf_set_rx_mode(9), ixgbevf_set_features(9), ixgbevf_clean_rx_ring(9), ixgbevf_clean_tx_ring(9)
• ixgbevf_clean_all_rx_rings(9), ixgbevf_clean_all_tx_rings(9), ixgbevf_set_num_queues(9), ixgbevf_set_interrupt_capability(9)
• ixgbevf_alloc_q_vector(9), ixgbevf_free_q_vector(9), ixgbevf_alloc_q_vectors(9), ixgbevf_free_q_vectors(9)
• ixgbevf_reset_interrupt_capability(9), ixgbevf_init_interrupt_scheme(9), ixgbevf_clear_interrupt_scheme(9), ixgbevf_sw_init(9)
• ixgbevf_update_stats(9), ixgbevf_service_timer(9), ixgbevf_check_hang_subtask(9), ixgbevf_watchdog_update_link(9)
• ixgbevf_watchdog_link_is_up(9) — her literal opposite, the up-link sister 💀, ixgbevf_watchdog_subtask(9), ixgbevf_service_task(9)
• ixgbevf_free_tx_resources(9), ixgbevf_free_all_tx_resources(9), ixgbevf_setup_tx_resources(9), ixgbevf_setup_all_tx_resources(9)
• ixgbevf_setup_rx_resources(9), ixgbevf_setup_all_rx_resources(9), ixgbevf_free_rx_resources(9), ixgbevf_free_all_rx_resources(9)
• ixgbevf_open(9), ixgbevf_close_suspend(9), ixgbevf_close(9), ixgbevf_set_mac(9)
• ixgbevf_change_mtu(9), ixgbevf_probe(9), ixgbevf_remove(9), ixgbevf_io_error_detected(9)
• ixgbevf_io_slot_reset(9), ixgbevf_io_resume(9), ixgbevf_init_module(9), ixgbevf_exit_module(9)
• ixgbevf_get_hw_dev_name(9)

that's the whole group chat, bestie. every single @ mention. 🐝

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ngl there's nothing else on this page — no options, no exit statuses, no env vars, no warnings. she's a short king and we respect her. 🔥

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and that's the tea! ☕ source is ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i... (yes, also truncated, we're keeping it exactly as the page shows it 🙈), dated October 2026, and it's ixgbevf_wat...link_is_down(9) all the way down. mwah 💜✨🌸