e1000_phy_get_info(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

✨ e1000_phy_get_info(9) — the kernel API manual, bestie edition ✨

okay so this is e1000_phy_get_info, straight out of the Kernel API Manual. it's a tiny little function with one job and honestly? it ate. let's get into it 💅

🌸 NAME 🌸

e1000_phy_get_info — request phy info. that's it, that's the whole vibe. you're asking the PHY for its info. iconic behavior 🎀

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

s32 e1000_phy_get_info (struct e1000_hw *hw , struct e1000_phy_info
*phy_info );

look at her. a return type of s32, two pointer arguments, no drama ✨

💜 ARGUMENTS 💜

  • hw — struct containing variables accessed by shared code. lowkey the main character here, she's the shared-code state holder 🌈
  • phy_info — PHY information structure. this is where the info lands, bestie 🫶

🔥 DESCRIPTION 🔥

Get PHY information from various PHY registers. that's the whole thing, no cap. it goes and reads the PHY registers, and you get the info. short, sweet, effective, periodt 👑

🧚 SEE ALSO 🧚

first up, the file herself:

  • Kernel file ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000/e1000_hw.c

and now the entire extended friend group, in the exact order the original rolls them out — yes, all of them, we're not skipping a single one 🙈

ngl that's a whole friend group and you're just here for one function. respect tho 🫶

okay bestie, that's the page!! footer time 🎀 — this one came from ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e... (yes it's truncated like that in the original, don't come for me 💀) and it's dated October 2026, and the page is e1000_phy_get_info(9). slay, go read your PHY registers responsibly ✨💖

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