pch_gbe_set_link_ksettings(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

okay so bestie, welcome to the pch_gbe_set_link_ksettings page from the Kernel API Manual 💅 this is the function that handles device-specific settings and honestly she's giving "quietly important" energy. no cap.

✨ NAME ✨

pch_gbe_set_link_ksettings — Set device-specific settings 🎀

like, that's her whole job. she sets the device-specific settings. iconic.

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

int pch_gbe_set_link_ksettings (struct net_device *netdev , const struct
       ethtool_link_ksettings *ecmd );

she takes two things and gives you back an int. the way that signature just sits there. periodt.

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

  • netdev — the Network interface device structure 💖 this is the device she's working with, your main character of the moment.
  • ecmd — the Ethtool command 🌸 that's the instruction she's carrying out.

two args, zero drama. we love a low-maintenance queen.

🔥 RETURN 🔥

  • 0 — Successful ✨ slay, it worked, we're so back.
  • Negative value — Failed 😭 it's giving "not the vibe" — anything negative means it did not work out.
fr fr bestie, check that return value. 0 = good, negative = bad. that's the whole vibe check right there.

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

she lives in the kernel file here, in case you wanna go read her source like the obsessed stan you are 👀:

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

and her whole friend group 🫶 — the entire ethtool squad, all of them, in this exact order:

the way that list just goes on and on, honestly goals 💜

💫 cute little sign-off: this page came from ./drivers/net/ethernet/oki-sem... and it's dated October 2026, and yes the header says pch_gbe_set_link_ksettings(9) — three times actually, she's that confident. byeee bestie, go set some device-specific settings 🧚‍♀️
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