e1000_phy_hw_reset_ich8lan(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 e1000_phy_hw_reset_ich8lan ✨

okay so bestie, this is a page straight out of the Kernel API Manual (that's the manual name, we're just folding it in casually 💖) — and it's about one very specific little function that does one very specific little thing. Let's get into it 🎀

🌸 NAME 🌸

e1000_phy_hw_reset_ich8lan — Performs a PHY reset 💫

yeah. that's it. that's the whole name section. she's concise, she's iconic, she knows what she does 👑

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

s32 e1000_phy_hw_reset_ich8lan (struct e1000_hw *hw );

that's the whole signature, no cap. returns an s32, takes one pointer, slays 🦋

🫶 ARGUMENTS 🫶

  • hw — pointer to the HW structure 💜 literally just a pointer to the hardware struct. that's the vibe. that's what you're handing over 🫱

👑 DESCRIPTION 👑

Resets the PHY 🔥 like, the actual act of resetting the PHY — that's the whole job description, she's a one-task queen.

and here's the important little detail 👀 This is a function pointer entry point called by drivers or other shared routines. so nobody's calling her directly for funsies — she gets invoked through the function pointer by drivers or by other shared routines, iykyk 🌈

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

the reading list is LONG, bestie, so buckle in — she's got lore 🧚

like I said. LORE. 📚💀

okay and that's the whole page bestie, go forth and reset that PHY 💅💖

source/version is ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e..., dated October 2026, and it's filed under e1000_phy_hw_reset_ich8lan(9) — mwah, kisses, bye 🫶✨
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