SMSCPHY(4)
π SMSCPHY(4) π
okay so bestie, welcome to the SMSCPHY(4) page β that's section 4 of the manual, the Kernel Interfaces Manual, and yes you're literally about to become an expert on a tiny Ethernet chip. slay.
β¨ NAME β¨
smscphy β the SMSC LAN87xx 10/100 Ethernet PHYs, no cap π«Ά
β¨ SYNOPSIS β¨
smscphy* at mii? phy ?
that's it. that's the whole vibe check. one line, main character energy. π
β¨ DESCRIPTION β¨
so the smscphy driver is the one holding it down for these SMSC LAN8700, LAN8710, and LAN8720 10/100 Ethernet PHYs. three icons, one driver. it's giving supportive bestie. πΈ
β¨ SEE ALSO β¨
go read these next, i'm obsessed:
β¨ HISTORY β¨
the smscphy device driver first appeared in FreeBSD 8.0 and NetBSD 9.0. a whole era. a glow-up across two whole operating systems, we love to see it. ππ₯
β¨ AUTHORS β¨
the smscphy driver was written by Ben Gray for FreeBSD, and then ported to NetBSD by Masanobu SAITOH. two legends, fr fr. π«Άβ¨
okay that's the whole page, you ate that. mwah. π this little beauty is from the Debian build, dated November 1, 2019, and it answers to the name SMSCPHY(4) β iykyk π¦π
π¦ where this page comes from
- nixpkgs unstable: netbsd-source 11.0
- Copyright (c) 2019 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc
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