pch_gbe_nway_reset(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 pch_gbe_nway_reset(9) — the Kernel API Manual glow-up 🦋

okay so bestie, welcome to the pch_gbe_nway_reset page from the Kernel API Manual — yes it's a real kernel function, yes it's giving "tiny function, big responsibility", and yes we're gonna get through it together. grab a strawberry 🍓 and let's go.

✨ NAME ✨

pch_gbe_nway_reset — Restart autonegotiation

like. it restarts autonegotiation. that's the whole vibe. no cap. 🔥

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

int pch_gbe_nway_reset (struct net_device *netdev );

that's the signature, character for character, don't @ me 💅

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

  • netdev — the network interface device structure. literally the device. the actual NIC representation. she's the main character here 🫶

⭐ RETURN ⭐

  • 0 — Successful. slay. we love a zero. ✅
  • Negative value — Failed. 😭 not slay, but at least you know.
fr fr, it returns an int, so check that thing. a negative number means something went sideways and you should probably care about it 💀

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

Here's the whole friend group — they all live in the kernel file ./drivers/net/ethernet/oki-semi/pch_gbe/pch_gbe_ethtool.c, and honestly the way they all show up together? iconic. 👑

🌈 the cute sign-off 🌈

so this page comes from ./drivers/net/ethernet/oki-sem... and it's dated October 2026, and the whole thing is filed under pch_gbe_nway_reset(9) in case you forgot where you were 💖

that's the page bestie!! go restart some autonegotiation responsibly ✨🧚💜

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