arc_mdio_reset(9)

💅 arc_mdio_reset(9) 🎀

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual — yes, that's the manual name, and yes, we're reading kernel docs for fun now, that's just who we are ✨ This one's called arc_mdio_reset(9) and it's honestly serving major "small but mighty" energy. Let's get into it 🦋

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✨ NAME ✨

arc_mdio_reset —

and that's literally it, bestie 😭 the NAME section gave us the function name and then... nothing. No little one-liner. No blurb. The manpage said "the rest is in DESCRIPTION, go look" and honestly? Iconic of it. Go off, minimalism 👑

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

int arc_mdio_reset (struct mii_bus *bus );

so she takes one argument, and she hands you back an int. That's the whole vibe check 🔥

🫶 ARGUMENTS 🫶

• bus — points to the mii_bus structure. that's it, that's the one (1) argument, and she's a pointer to the MII bus struct, no cap 💖

🧚 DESCRIPTION 🧚

okay so what does she do? she resets the MII bus 💫 That's the entire description. Reset the MII bus. Lowkey the most straightforward function in the whole kernel and honestly? we stan a clear communicator. no hidden lore, no surprise side quests, just reset the bus, periodt ✨

if you came here looking for a twist, bestie, there is no twist. the function resets the MII bus. the way that it is exactly what it says on the tin 😭💅

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

now THIS is where the friend group shows up 🌈 — go check out:

• the kernel file ./drivers/net/ethernet/arc/emac_mdio.c 👀 that's where all this lives
• arc_mdio_complete_wait(9)
• arc_mdio_read(9)
• arc_mdio_write(9)
• arc_mdio_probe(9)
• arc_mdio_remove(9)

the whole arc_mdio_* friend group fr fr, they all hang out together 🫶

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heads up bestie: this page keeps things very brief, so don't go assuming anything beyond "it resets the MII bus" and "it takes a struct mii_bus *. if you need more deets, hit up emac_mdio.c — the source is right there waiting for you 💖

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okay that's the page!! 🎀 and for the cute little sign-off moment: this one lives under the source path ./drivers/net/ethernet/arc and it's dated October 2026 ⭐ so like, future vibes, but the knowledge is timeless. mwah, go reset a bus, you got this 👑💜