IKPHY(4)

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

okay so this is a page from the Kernel Interfaces Manual and it's all about a tiny little chip that lowkey runs the networking world. sit down, grab a strawberry drink 🍓, and let's get into it.

✨ NAME ✨

ikphy — the driver for Intel i82563 Kumeran 10/100/1000 Ethernet PHYs 💖

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

ikphy* at mii? phy ?

like, that's the whole config line and it ate, no notes 💅

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

so the ikphy driver supports the Intel i82563 Kumeran 10/100/1000 Ethernet PHYs. these PHYs are literally found on a whole bunch of high-performance Ethernet interfaces — it's giving "small chip, big main character energy" 👑

💀 NOTES 💀

ngl, here's the tea: this device isn't required for basic card operation. but — and this is the important part — if you don't have it, the wm(4) device cannot detect link and link-speed. so your card is out here living its life but it can't tell you if the cable's plugged in or how fast it's going 😭 fr fr, not the vibe.

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

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

go read these next, bestie, they're the supporting cast 🫶

and that's the whole page, iykyk 🌈 this legend of a manpage comes to you courtesy of Debian, dated October 13, 2006 — yes she's an icon and she's been iconic since 2006 ⭐💜 slay, periodt 🎀