e1000_get_phy_id_82571(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

✨ e1000_get_phy_id_82571 ✨

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual 💖 you're literally reading the page for e1000_get_phy_id_82571(9) and honestly? she's a small function with main character energy. let's get into it 🫶

🌸 NAME 🌸

e1000_get_phy_id_82571 — retrieve the PHY ID and revision 💅

like, that's her whole job. that's the vibe. no cap.

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

s32 e1000_get_phy_id_82571 (struct e1000_hw *hw );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

  • hw — pointer to the HW structure 🌈 (the hardware struct in question, she's the one carrying everything)

⭐ DESCRIPTION ⭐

okay so what she does is: reads the PHY registers 📖 and stores the PHY ID — and possibly the PHY revision — in the hardware structure. that's it. that's the whole thing. she reads, she stores, she leaves. iconic behaviour honestly 👑

note the "possibly" on the revision bestie, that's the original wording, i'm not inventing anything 😭

💜 SEE ALSO 💜

like, that's a whole friend group right there 😭 go read them too, iykyk 🧚

lowkey a warning-ish note from your girl: this page doesn't promise anything about the revision field beyond "possibly" — so don't go assuming it's always set, fr fr 🙈

and that's the whole page bestie!! 💖 this lil writeup came from the source at ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e... and is dated October 2026 — so if you're reading this in the future, hi, slay, the kernel says hey 🌸💅✨

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