axienet_mdio_enable(9)

💅 axienet_mdio_enable(9) — the MDIO glow-up function ✨

okay so this is a page from the Kernel API Manual, bestie, and it's literally all about axienet_mdio_enable — the MDIO hardware setup function 🎀

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🌸 NAME 🌸

axienet_mdio_enable — the MDIO hardware setup function, no cap 💖

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

int axienet_mdio_enable (struct axienet_local *lp , struct device_node
*np );

that's the whole vibe right there 🦋

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🫶 ARGUMENTS 🫶

• lp — pointer to the axienet local data structure. it's giving "the main character struct" ngl 👑
• np — pointer to the mdio device tree node 🌳

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🔥 RETURN 🔥

• 0 on success — slay 💅✨
• -ETIMEDOUT on a timeout — not the vibe, but okay 😭
• -EOVERFLOW on a clock divisor overflow — clock said "too much" 💀

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💜 DESCRIPTION 💜

so what it does: it sets up the MDIO interface by initializing the MDIO clock and enabling the MDIO interface in hardware 🔧✨ two steps, one function, iconic behaviour fr fr 🎀

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⭐ SEE ALSO ⭐

• Kernel file ./drivers/net/ethernet/xilinx/xilinx_axienet_mdio.c 📁
• axienet_mdio_wait_until_ready(9) — the "are we there yet" one 🙈
• axienet_mdio_mdc_enable(9)
• axienet_mdio_mdc_disable(9)
• axienet_mdio_read(9)
• axienet_mdio_write(9)
• axienet_mdio_setup(9)
• axienet_mdio_teardown(9)

the whole friend group, together, as they should be 🫶💖

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ok that's the page!! source/version lives at ./drivers/net/ethernet/xilinx and the date on this baddie is October 2026 — so mark your calendars, bestie 🗓️💅 bye!! 🌈🍓