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📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

🌸 dp83td510_cable_test_get_status — the Kernel API Manual moment 💅

okay bestie, so this is a page straight out of the Kernel API Manual and it's all about one very specific little function: dp83td510_cable_test_get_status. it lives in the DP83TD510 PHY world and it's here to tell you whether your cable test is done yet. that's it, that's the whole vibe. ✨

✨ NAME ✨

dp83td510_cable_test_get_status — literally just Get the status of the cable test for the DP83TD510 PHY. periodt. 🎀

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

int dp83td510_cable_test_get_status (struct phy_device *phydev , bool *finished );

that's the whole signature, bestie — copy it exactly, no cap. 🫶

💜 ARGUMENTS 💜

  • phydev — a pointer to the phy_device structure. your PHY's whole identity card, basically. 🪪
  • finished — a pointer to a boolean that tells you whether the test is finished. yes, a boolean — the "are we done yet" flag. ⭐

🔥 DESCRIPTION 🔥

so here's the tea: the function sets the finished flag to true if the test is complete. that's the entire flex. main character energy from a one-line function, honestly. 💅

🌈 RETURN 🌈

  • 0 on success 💖
  • a negative error code on failure 😭

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

peep the Kernel file ./drivers/net/phy/dp83td510.c — that's where the whole family lives:

go read those too, iykyk. 📚

🧚 cute little sign-off 🧚

this page comes to you from ./drivers/net/phy, dated October 2026 — same source dir, same date, no edits, we keep receipts. mwah 💋 stay slay, test your cables responsibly 🍓

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