e1000_power..._80003es2lan(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 e1000_power_down_phy_copper_80003es2lan — Kernel API Manual, section (9)

okay bestie, sit down, because we're about to get INTIMATE with a kernel function whose name is genuinely a whole paragraph. This one lives in the Kernel API Manual, section 9, and she's a networking girlie through and through. 🦋

✨ NAME ✨

e1000_power_down_phy_copper_80003es2lan — literally just "Remove link during PHY power down." That's the whole vibe. She pulls the link when the PHY is going night-night. 😴

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

void e1000_power_down_phy_copper_80003es2lan (struct e1000_hw *hw );

Returns nothing (void — she gives, she doesn't take 💅), takes exactly one thing, and yes the function name is that long, no we are not okay about it.

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

  • hw — pointer to the HW structure 🫶 that's it. that's the whole argument list. one (1) pointer. the HW structure. love that for her.

🔥 DESCRIPTION 🔥

So here's the situation, bestie. There are a few scenarios where we're powering down the PHY to save power, and in all of them we gotta remove the link. The list, because lists are iconic:

  • when the PHY is powered down to save power ⚡
  • when we need to turn off the link during a driver unload 📤
  • when wake on lan is not enabled 🚫

In those cases: remove the link. That's the job. She does it. No cap. 👑

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

okay this is the part where the whole friend group shows up — like, the entire 80003es2lan family reunion, plus where to find the source. no one gets left out, periodt:

like… she really said "you will know my entire extended family." respect. 🫡

and that's the page, bestie ✨ sourced from ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e..., dated October 2026, and filed under e1000_power..._80003es2lan(9) because apparently even the footer wanted to abbreviate that name. 😭 go forth and power down those PHYs responsibly 💜🎀

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