asix_soft_reset(9)

💖 NAME 💖

hey bestie 💖 welcome to the asix_soft_reset(9) page — this one is all about doing a software reset of the PHY via the BMCR_RESET bit. iconic little reset behavior, ngl.

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

int asix_soft_reset (struct phy_device *phydev );

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• phydev — the target phy_device struct. that's the one you're handing over, bestie 🫶

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🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

okay so this function performs a software PHY reset using the standard BMCR_RESET bit, and then it polls for the reset bit to be cleared. very "do the thing, then wait for the thing to finish" energy ✨

it also toggles the BMCR_RESET bit off to accommodate the broken AX8796B PHY implementation — like the one used on the Individual Computers' X-Surf 100 Zorro card. not me fixing around a whole broken PHY vibe, but here we are 💅

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🦋 RETURN 🦋

0 on success, < 0 on failure. slay when it's 0, 😭 when it's negative.

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💅 SEE ALSO 💅

• Kernel file ./drivers/net/phy/ax88796b.c

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mwah 💋 this page comes from ./drivers/net/phy, dated October 2026, and it's literally the asix_soft_reset(9) manual — bye bestie, go reset that PHY 🫶🌈