BRSWPHY(4)

💅 BRSWPHY(4) — the Kernel Interfaces Manual, bestie edition 🎀

okay so you're reading the BRSWPHY(4) page, which lives in the Kernel Interfaces Manual section, and honestly? it's a little cutie. short, sweet, does exactly one thing. let's get into it ✨

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🌸 NAME 🌸

brswphy — the Broadcom BCM53xx 10/100/1000TX Ethernet PHY driver. that's it. that's the whole personality. 💖

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

brswphy* at mii?

literally all you gotta know: it attaches at mii? and the * and ? are doing their wildcard thing. slay. 💅

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✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

so the brswphy driver is out here supporting Broadcom BCM53115 10/100/1000TX Ethernet PHY interfaces — and here's the vibe check: you'll find those on some of the octeon models. not all of them. some. iykyk. 🫶

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

go read these next, bestie, they're the whole friend group:

• ifmedia(4)
• intro(4)
• mii(4)
• ifconfig(8)

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🕰️ HISTORY 🕰️

the brswphy driver first appeared in OpenBSD 5.6. a legend from day one, no cap. ⭐

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🧚 AUTHORS 🧚

the brswphy driver was written by Paul Irofti <paul@irofti.net>. give him his flowers. 🌸

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💀 friendly reminder: everything above is exactly what the page says. don't go inventing extra flags, there aren't any. periodt.

Debian · April 6, 2020 · BRSWPHY(4) — mwah, that's the whole page, ily, go touch grass and then go configure your ethernet 💜🌈