e1000_get_ca...length_82577(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💖 e1000_get_cable_length_82577 💖

okay so welcome to the Kernel API Manual, section 9, bestie 🫶 — today's main character is e1000_get_cable_length_82577, and yes she's exactly as specific as her name suggests.

✨ NAME ✨

e1000_get_cable_length_82577 — literally just: figure out the cable length for the 82577 PHY 🎀

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

s32 e1000_get_cable_length_82577 (struct e1000_hw *hw );

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

  • hw — pointer to the HW structure 👑 that's it, that's the whole vibe, one argument, she's low maintenance.

💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

So the way this works is: she reads the diagnostic status register, then she verifies that the result is actually valid before placing it in the phy_cable_length field. ngl that little validity check is the whole personality — no cap, she does not commit to a number she hasn't double-checked first. icon behaviour honestly ✨

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

Kernel file ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/phy.c — that's the home base 🏠

and then, buckle up bestie, the whole extended friend group 💀:

that's the whole page, bestie 💜

cute little sign-off time 🎀 — this one comes from ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e..., dated October 2026, and it's filed under e1000_get_ca...length_82577(9) in case you need to find her again. mwah 💋✨

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