SMSCPHY(4)

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πŸ’… SMSCPHY(4) πŸ’…

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.

✨ NAME ✨

smscphy β€” the SMSC LAN87xx 10/100 Ethernet PHYs, no cap 🫢

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

smscphy* at mii? phy ?

that's it. that's the whole vibe check. one line, main character energy. πŸ‘‘

✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

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. 🌸

✨ SEE ALSO ✨

go read these next, i'm obsessed:

✨ HISTORY ✨

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. 😭πŸ”₯

✨ AUTHORS ✨

the smscphy driver was written by Ben Gray for FreeBSD, and then ported to NetBSD by Masanobu SAITOH. two legends, fr fr. 🫢✨


okay that's the whole page, you ate that. mwah. πŸ’‹ this little beauty is from the Debian build, dated November 1, 2019, and it answers to the name SMSCPHY(4) β€” iykyk πŸ¦‹πŸŽ€

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