t3_os_link_changed(9)

🦋 NAME 🦋

okay so bestie, meet t3_os_link_changed — she handles link status changes ✨ that's literally her whole job, no cap 💅

this is the Kernel API Manual page for her, and honestly? she's kind of iconic 🔥

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

void t3_os_link_changed (struct adapter *adapter , int port_id , int
link_stat , int speed , int duplex , int pause );

like, that's the whole signature, copy it exactly please, i am begging 🙈

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💖 ARGUMENTS 💖

• adapter — the adapter associated with the link change 🫶 like, which card is going through it rn
• port_id — the port index whose limk status has changed 😭 (not me — yes, "limk", that's how the original spells it, and honestly? we respect it 💀)
• link_stat — the new status of the link ⭐ the vibe check result, if you will
• speed — the new speed setting 🔥 how fast we're going now
• duplex — the new duplex setting 🎀
• pause — the new flow-control setting 🌈

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✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

so here's the tea ☕: this is the OS-dependent handler for link status changes.

the OS neutral handler does most of the processing for these events — she's the main character, she handles the bulk of it 👑 — and then she calls this handler for any OS-specific processing. so t3_os_link_changed is like the specialist she gets brought in at the end for the little OS-flavored finishing touches 💅 periodt.

ngl bestie, it's giving "second half of a relay race" and honestly that's a slay 🏃‍♀️💨

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🧚 SEE ALSO 🧚

kernel file ./drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb3/cxgb3_main.c 📁

and the whole friend group, fr fr:

• link_report(9)
• t3_os_phymod_changed(9)
• link_start(9)
• setup_rss(9)
• setup_sge_qsets(9)
• t3_synchronize_rx(9)
• cxgb_up(9)
• t3_io_error_detected(9)
• t3_io_slot_reset(9)
• t3_io_resume(9)

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okay that's the whole page, go read the source bestie 🫶

🌟 cute lil sign-off: this page lives at ./drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio... and it's dated October 2026, and the manual it belongs to is t3_os_link_changed(9) — obsessed, no notes 💜🎀