e1000_phy_init_script(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 e1000_phy_init_script(9) — Kernel API Manual

okay bestie, welcome to the glow-up of e1000_phy_init_script — the IGP phy init script that initializes the GbE PHY. yes that's the whole name. yes we're obsessed. this one lives in section 9 of the Kernel API Manual and it's giving "small function, huge responsibility" 🎀

✨ NAME ✨

e1000_phy_init_script — IGP phy init script — initializes the GbE PHY 💅

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

void e1000_phy_init_script (struct e1000_hw *hw );

that's it. that's the whole call. no return value, no drama — just void and a pointer. slay.

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

  • hw — Struct containing variables accessed by shared code. literally just the struct holding all the variables the shared code needs to peek at 👀 that's her whole job.

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

first up, the source file where this all lives — she's literally at ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000/e1000_hw.c if you wanna go read the real thing (iconic behavior, honestly).

and now the full friend group 💖 — every single one of these is a (9) page and every single one is linked below, no cap:

like, that's the whole extended universe right there. go read them all, i'll wait 🍓

ngl the only thing you really need to remember is: pass it a struct e1000_hw * and let her initialize that GbE PHY. that's the vibe check and she passes it every time ✨

and that's the page, bestie!! 🫶 this little beauty came to you from ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e..., dated October 2026, and she answers to the name e1000_phy_init_script(9) — periodt 💅💖

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