pch_gbe_set_pauseparam(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 pch_gbe_set_pauseparam(9) — your girl's guide to the Kernel API Manual ✨

okay so bestie, welcome to the pch_gbe_set_pauseparam(9) page from the Kernel API Manual 🎀 this one's short and sweet, which honestly? we love that for us. it's giving "small function, big responsibilities" energy, and i'm gonna walk you through every single detail so you don't miss a thing. no cap. 💖

🌸 NAME 🌸

pch_gbe_set_pauseparam — literally just Set pause parameters 🦋 that's it, that's the whole vibe. she sets the pause params and she does it well. periodt. 👑

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

int pch_gbe_set_pauseparam (struct net_device *netdev , struct
ethtool_pauseparam *pause );

so she takes two structs and hands you back an int — iconic signature, no notes. 💅 keep the spacing exactly like that, it's part of her whole thing.

🫶 ARGUMENTS 🫶

two besties walk into a function:

  • netdev — the Network interface device structure 💻 this is the NIC herself, the main character of the whole operation. she's a struct net_device *, obviously.
  • pause — the Pause parameters structure 🎀 this is the struct ethtool_pauseparam * carrying the actual pause settings. she's the vibe check, the details, the ~lewk~. ngl, these two together? a moment. 🔥

⭐ RETURN ⭐

here's the part where you find out if she slayed or not 😭

  • 0 — Successful. 🎉 we ate, zero notes, everyone clapped.
  • Negative value — Failed. 💀 it flops, it's not her fault, but the return value is negative and you gotta handle it. lowkey devastating but highkey important to check, bestie. 🙈
fr fr always check that return value. a negative number is the function telling you "bestie it did not work out" and you should probably listen. 😭

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

the whole squad, the friend group, the group chat roster 🌈 — go read these too so you get the full picture:

like, that's the entire ethtool friend group and they all support each other. pch_gbe_get_pauseparam is literally her sister function — one gets, one sets, absolute sibling energy 🧚💜

okay that's the whole page, you're basically an expert now, i'm so proud of you 🥹💖 she's from the source tree at ./drivers/net/ethernet/oki-sem... and this particular glow-up is dated October 2026 ⭐ — go forth and set those pause parameters, bestie, and remember: slay responsibly 💅🎀🦋

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