devm_of_phy_package_join(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 NAME 💅

devm_of_phy_package_join — the resource-managed glow-up of of_phy_package_join(), bestie ✨

So like, this page lives in the Kernel API Manual, and it's honestly giving "small function, big responsibilities" energy 👑

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

int devm_of_phy_package_join (struct device *dev , struct phy_device
       *phydev , size_t priv_size );

🌸 ARGUMENTS 🌸

  • dev — the device that's registering this PHY package. Like, this is the main character introducing itself to the group chat 💖
  • phydev — the target phy_device struct we're joining. The one we're sliding into the DMs of, lowkey 🫶
  • priv_size — if it's non-zero, we allocate exactly this many bytes for private data. Zero means... no extra storage, no cap 🎀

✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

Okay so real talk: this is the managed version of of_phy_package_join. The shared storage gets fetched by this function, and then phy_package_leave is automatically called on driver detach — like the kernel handling the breakup for you so you don't have to send that awkward text 😭 iconic devm behaviour fr fr.

Wanna know more? Go read of_phy_package_join, it's the whole lore 💀

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

Kernel file ./drivers/net/phy/phy_package.c and struct phy_package_shared(9), plus the whole friend group:

That's the whole page, bestie — read it, learn it, live it 💅✨

This cutie lives in ./drivers/net/phy, and the version tag is dated October 2026. K byeee, go join some PHY packages 🦋🌸💖

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