e1000e_phy_...d_duplex_m88(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

👑 e1000e_phy_force_speed_duplex_m88 — the manual page, but make it make sense 💅

okay so bestie, this is a page from the Kernel API Manual, and the star of the show is e1000e_phy_force_speed_duplex_m88. Yes the title's a whole mouthful, we're gonna get through it together 🫶

✨ NAME ✨

e1000e_phy_force_speed_duplex_m88 — literally the function that forces speed/duplex for the m88 PHY. no cap, that's the entire job description 🎀

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

s32 e1000e_phy_force_speed_duplex_m88 (struct e1000_hw *hw );

it's giving "one argument, one return value, zero drama" ✨

🌸 ARGUMENTS 🌸

  • hw — pointer to the HW structure. like, the whole hardware vibe check lives in here 💜

🔥 DESCRIPTION 🔥

okay so here's the tea ☕ — this function calls the PHY setup function to force speed and duplex. periodt.

it also clears the auto-crossover to force MDI manually (yes, manually, we're taking the wheel 🙈), and then resets the PHY to commit the changes. gotta lock in your edits, yk? 🔥

now, if time expires while waiting for link up, we reset the DSP. no link? no problem, we just do a little reset moment 🧚

after that reset, TX_CLK and CRS on Tx must be set — not optional, bestie, that's a must 💅

and finally: return successful upon successful completion, else return corresponding error code. so basically, slay if it works, and if it doesn't, you get the error code that matches. predictable. iconic. 🌈

🎀 SEE ALSO 🎀

the main character file itself:

  • Kernel file ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/phy.c

and now, the group chat — the full cast of related man pages, every single one, in order, no one left out 🫶:

like, that's a lot of friends and honestly? we love a well-connected function 💖

and that's the whole page, bestie 🦋 this one came from the source file ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e... and it's dated October 2026 — so future-core of it, honestly. mwah, go force some speed and duplex responsibly 💅✨🍓

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