RLPHY(4)
π RLPHY(4) β Realtek 8139/8201 and IC Plus IP101 Ethernet PHY driver π
okay so bestie, welcome to RLPHY(4) from the Kernel Interfaces Manual β this is the manual page for the rlphy driver, and it's literally a whole vibe. no cap.
β¨ NAME β¨
rlphy β Realtek 8139/8201 and IC Plus IP101 Ethernet PHY driver.
π SYNOPSIS π
rlphy* at mii? phy ?
that's the config line, exactly as written β copy it, don't remix it π
πΈ DESCRIPTION πΈ
The rlphy driver supports the internal physical layer interface (PHY) found on Realtek Semiconductor RTL8139 based Ethernet adapters, RTL8201E, RTL8201L, and IC Plus Corp IP101 Ethernet PHY chips.
so yeah β it's giving internal-PHY main character energy for those exact chips and adapters. periodt. π¦
π¦ SEE ALSO π¦
go read these too, bestie:
later, bestie β this page is from Debian, dated February 9, 2019, and it's RLPHY(4) π
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- nixpkgs unstable: netbsd-source 11.0
- Copyright (c) 1998 Jason L. Wright (jason@thought.net)
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