pch_gbe_mac_force_mac_fc(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 pch_gbe_mac_force_mac_fc(9) — bestie edition

okay so real talk, this is a page straight out of the Kernel API Manual, and it's giving "tiny function, big job" energy. It's pch_gbe_mac_force_mac_fc, and yes that name is a mouthful, but we're gonna get through it together 🫶

✨ NAME ✨

pch_gbe_mac_force_mac_fc — literally just forces the MAC's flow control settings. That's the whole vibe. No cap.

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

s32 pch_gbe_mac_force_mac_fc (struct pch_gbe_hw *hw );

that's it. that's the whole call. she's compact 👑

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

  • hw — a pointer to the HW structure. just a pointer. to the hardware struct. you hand her the struct, she does her thing 💖

⭐ RETURN ⭐

  • 0 — Successful. slay, it worked ✨
  • Negative value — Failed. 😭 not slay. something went sideways in there.
ngl the negative-value case is the bad ending — if you get one back, do not just ignore it and move on, bestie. check it. 🙈

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

okay so this is the part where the manpage just lists every single friend in the group chat and honestly? iconic. here's the whole crew, and it's a long crew, and yes you get every name 💅

First, the file where the magic lives:

Kernel file ./drivers/net/ethernet/oki-semi/pch_gbe/pch_gbe_main.c

and now the cast:

like I said. the whole group chat. tag yourself, I'm pch_gbe_watchdog(9) 🐕

💖 and that's the page, bestie 💖

this little cutie came from ./drivers/net/ethernet/oki-sem... and she's dated October 2026 — go forth and force those flow control settings, you've got this 🎀✨

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