e1000e_phy_has_link_generic(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

Okay so first things first: this page is e1000e_phy_has_link_generic(9), and it lives in the Kernel API Manual, and honestly? It's giving "quiet but essential." No cap, bestie — this little function is out here polling your PHY so you know whether the cable is actually doing its thing or just lying to you. ✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

e1000e_phy_has_link_generic — literally just polls the PHY for link. That's it. That's the whole vibe. 🎀

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

s32 e1000e_phy_has_link_generic (struct e1000_hw *hw , u32 iterations ,
u32 usec_interval , bool *success );

Look at that signature. Immaculate. Four parameters, one return of type s32, and a whole lot of patience. 💅

💜 ARGUMENTS 💜

  • hw — pointer to the HW structure. Your hardware's whole personality lives in here, so be nice to it. 🫶
  • iterations — the number of times to poll for link. Think of it as your "how many times am I willing to ask before I accept the answer" budget. 🔥
  • usec_interval — the delay between polling attempts, in microseconds. Yes, microseconds. We are nothing if not precise. ⭐
  • success — pointer to whether polling was successful or not. You hand it a bool * and it comes back telling you how it went. Iconic, honestly. 👑

🌈 DESCRIPTION 🌈

So here's the tea: e1000e_phy_has_link_generic polls the PHY status register for link, 'iterations' number of times. That's the entire plot and it ate. 🍓

Like — it just keeps checking the PHY status register, up to iterations times, waiting usec_interval microseconds between each attempt, and then it tells you whether it found link via that success pointer. Patient, methodical, main character energy for a helper function. 💀✨

No drama, no surprises, just a loop doing exactly what it says on the tin. We love a function with clear boundaries. 🧚

💅 SEE ALSO 💅

The kernel file it lives in, bestie:

./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/phy.c

And then there's the entire friend group — the whole PHY register access extended universe. Prepare yourself, this list is long and every single one of them matters:

Yeah. That's the whole squad. Go say hi. 🦋💖

Friendly reminder: the (9) in all those names means they're kernel API manual pages, so hit up your usual man 9 setup, iykyk. 🙈

And that's the page!! Sign-off time: this little beauty comes from ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e... and it's dated October 2026, and the manual name is e1000e_phy_has_link_generic(9) in case you forgot already. Go poll that PHY, bestie — you've got iterations tries and I believe in every single one of them. 💜🌸✨

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