dp83td510_cable_test_start(9)

💅 dp83td510_cable_test_start(9) — from the Kernel API Manual, bestie

okay so picture this: you're deep in the dp83td510 PHY driver (it's in ./drivers/net/phy/dp83td510.c, iykyk) and you want to kick off a cable test. that's literally this function. main character energy fr fr 🎀

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✨ NAME ✨

dp83td510_cable_test_start — starts the cable test for the DP83TD510 PHY. that's it, that's the whole vibe 🦋

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

int dp83td510_cable_test_start (struct phy_device *phydev );

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🧚 ARGUMENTS 🧚

• phydev — a pointer to the phy_device structure. yes queen, hand over your phydev 🫶

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💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

so the way this works: the whole sequence is implemented according to the "Application Note DP83TD510E Cable Diagnostics Toolkit revC". like, it's not vibes-based, it's spec-based, and the spec is that note. periodt ✨

ngl if you're wondering "but what does it actually do step by step" — the vibes come from the Application Note, bestie. this page just tells you it follows it 💅

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🔥 RETURN 🔥

• 0 on success 🎉
• a negative error code on failure 😭 (dramatic but accurate)

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

• Kernel file ./drivers/net/phy/dp83td510.c
• dp83td510_update_stats(9)
• dp83td510_cable_test_get_tdr_status(9)
• dp83td510_cable_test_get_alcd_status(9)
• dp83td510_cable_test_get_status(9)

like, go read the whole little family of functions, they're all iconic 🌈

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and that's the page!! source is ./drivers/net/phy, dated October 2026, straight from the Kernel API Manual — mwah, love u, go test some cables 💜🎀⭐