sw_get_broad_storm(9)

💅 sw_get_broad_storm — get broadcast storm threshold 💅

Hiii bestie 💖 welcome to the Kernel API Manual, section 9 — yes we're in the kernel-functions part of the man pages, grab a snack. Today's main character is sw_get_broad_storm(9), and honestly? She's a tiny little getter with zero drama and I love that for her. 🎀

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✨ NAME ✨

sw_get_broad_storm — literally just gets the broadcast storm threshold 🦋

No cap, that's the whole job. One function, one purpose, one vibe. 🌸

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

void sw_get_broad_storm (struct ksz_hw *hw , u8 *percent );

Notice the void up front? She returns nothing — the answer gets written into percent instead. Very "I don't answer questions, I hand you the data" energy. 👑

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✨ ARGUMENTS ✨

• hw — the hardware instance 💜 this is the switch you're asking about, so like, be normal about it.
• percent — buffer to store the broadcast storm threshold percentage 🍓 iykyk, it's a u8 * so it's a pointer to where the percentage goes to live.

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✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

okay so basically: this routine retrieves the broadcast storm threshold of the switch. 🫶

That's it. That's the description. She reads the threshold out of the switch and drops it in your buffer, and then she's done. Short king behavior, and we respect it. 🔥

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✨ SEE ALSO ✨

Genuinely obsessed with how long this list is — she's got more mutuals than anyone on the timeline 😭💀. The kernel file is ./drivers/net/ethernet/micrel/ksz884x.c, and the whole extended friend group is:

• struct ksz_hw_desc(9), struct ksz_sw_desc(9), struct ksz_dma_buf(9), struct ksz_desc(9), struct ksz_desc_info(9)
• struct ksz_mac_table(9), struct ksz_vlan_table(9), struct ksz_port_mib(9), struct ksz_port_cfg(9), struct ksz_switch(9)
• struct ksz_port_info(9), struct ksz_hw(9), struct ksz_port(9), struct ksz_timer_info(9), struct ksz_shared_mem(9)
• struct ksz_counter_info(9), struct dev_info(9), struct dev_priv(9)
• hw_turn_on_intr(9), hw_block_intr(9), sw_r_table(9), sw_w_table_64(9)
• sw_w_sta_mac_table(9), sw_r_vlan_table(9), port_r_mib_cnt(9), port_r_mib_pkt(9)
• port_r_cnt(9), port_init_cnt(9), port_cfg(9), port_r8(9), port_r16(9), port_w16(9)
• sw_chk(9), sw_cfg(9), sw_cfg_broad_storm(9), sw_dis_broad_storm(9)
• sw_ena_broad_storm(9), sw_init_broad_storm(9), hw_cfg_broad_storm(9)
• sw_dis_prio_rate(9), sw_init_prio_rate(9), sw_dis_diffserv(9), sw_dis_802_1p(9)
• sw_cfg_replace_null_vid(9), sw_cfg_replace_vid(9), sw_cfg_port_based(9)
• sw_dis_multi_queue(9), sw_init_prio(9), port_get_def_vid(9), sw_init_vlan(9)
• sw_cfg_port_base_vlan(9), sw_set_addr(9), sw_set_global_ctrl(9), port_set_stp_state(9)
• sw_clr_sta_mac_table(9), sw_init_stp(9), sw_block_addr(9), hw_r_phy(9), hw_w_phy(9)
• eeprom_read(9), eeprom_write(9), port_get_link_speed(9), port_set_link_speed(9)
• port_force_link_speed(9), hw_chk_wol_pme_status(9), hw_clr_wol_pme_status(9)
• hw_cfg_wol_pme(9), hw_cfg_wol(9), hw_set_wol_frame(9), hw_add_wol_arp(9)
• hw_add_wol_bcast(9), hw_add_wol_mcast(9), hw_add_wol_ucast(9), hw_enable_wol(9)
• hw_init(9), hw_reset(9), hw_setup(9), hw_setup_intr(9), hw_set_desc_base(9)
• hw_start_rx(9), hw_stop_rx(9), hw_start_tx(9), hw_stop_tx(9), hw_disable(9), hw_enable(9)
• hw_alloc_pkt(9), hw_send_pkt(9), hw_set_addr(9), hw_read_addr(9)
• hw_clr_multicast(9), hw_set_grp_addr(9), hw_set_multicast(9), hw_set_promiscuous(9)
• sw_enable(9), sw_setup(9), ksz_start_timer(9), ksz_stop_timer(9)
• ksz_alloc_soft_desc(9), ksz_alloc_desc(9), free_dma_buf(9), ksz_init_rx_buffers(9)
• ksz_alloc_mem(9), ksz_free_desc(9), ksz_free_buffers(9), ksz_free_mem(9)
• send_packet(9), transmit_cleanup(9), tx_done(9), netdev_tx(9), netdev_tx_timeout(9)
• netdev_intr(9), netdev_close(9), netdev_open(9), netdev_query_statistics(9)
• netdev_set_mac_address(9), netdev_set_rx_mode(9), netdev_ioctl(9), mdio_read(9), mdio_write(9)
• netdev_get_link_ksettings(9), netdev_set_link_ksettings(9), netdev_nway_reset(9)
• netdev_get_link(9), netdev_get_drvinfo(9), netdev_get_regs_len(9), netdev_get_regs(9)
• netdev_get_wol(9), netdev_set_wol(9), netdev_get_msglevel(9), netdev_set_msglevel(9)
• netdev_get_eeprom_len(9), netdev_get_eeprom(9), netdev_set_eeprom(9)
• netdev_get_pauseparam(9), netdev_set_pauseparam(9), netdev_get_ringparam(9)
• netdev_get_strings(9), netdev_get_sset_count(9), netdev_get_ethtool_stats(9)
• netdev_set_features(9), dev_monitor(9), netdev_init(9)

like… go off, honestly 🌈👑

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lowkey a reminder that this page lives under the Kernel API Manual, so you're reading driver-internals lore, not user-facing command stuff. sw_get_broad_storm(9) just reads a value — she's a getter, not a setter, so no surprises here 💅

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okay that's the whole page, bestie 💖 she's tiny, she's useful, she's from the source ./drivers/net/ethernet/micrel and this version is dated October 2026 — so mark your calendars, she said see you then ✨🎀🦋