pch_gbe_get_ethtool_stats(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 pch_gbe_get_ethtool_stats(9) — a Kernel API Manual moment 💅

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual entry for pch_gbe_get_ethtool_stats(9) — yes the whole function name is the title, we're doing full government name energy today 👑

✨ NAME ✨

pch_gbe_get_ethtool_stats — returns statistics about the device 📊💖

like, it literally goes and fetches the stats for your device. that's the whole vibe check.

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

void pch_gbe_get_ethtool_stats (struct net_device *netdev , struct
ethtool_stats *stats , u64 *data );

it returns void btw — no return value, she just does the thing and leaves. main character behavior honestly 🫶

🌸 ARGUMENTS 🌸

  • netdev — the network interface device structure 💻✨ this is the struct net_device * bestie, the actual device we're snooping on
  • stats — the ethtool statue structure 🗿 (yes the original says "statue", we're keeping it, it's iconic, no cap) — this is the struct ethtool_stats *
  • data — pointer of read status area 🎀 this is your u64 *, the place where the read status lives

🎀 SEE ALSO 🎀

the kernel file that houses all this goodness, iykyk:

./drivers/net/ethernet/oki-semi/pch_gbe/pch_gbe_ethtool.c 📁

and the whole friend group of functions that hang out with it, literally the entire squad:

💀 friendly reminder: pch_gbe_get_ethtool_stats gives you back void, so don't go looking for a return value, she's not giving you one 🙈

and that's the page! signing off from ./drivers/net/ethernet/oki-sem... dated October 2026, on the pch_gbe_get_ethtool_stats(9) footer tip — slay, go read your device stats responsibly bestie 💜🦋✨

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