enable_mii_autopoll(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 enable_mii_autopoll(9)

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual entry for enable_mii_autopoll(9) — yes that's the section 9, we're in kernel-land now, put your hair up 🎀

✨ NAME ✨

enable_mii_autopoll — literally just turns on autopolling, that's the whole vibe 🦋

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

void enable_mii_autopoll (struct mac_regs __iomem *regs );
note the void — this function gives you nothing back, no return value, no lil treat, nada 💀 it just does the thing and dips.

✨ ARGUMENTS ✨

  • regs — the velocity registers. that's it. that's the whole argument. hand it your struct mac_regs __iomem * and let it cook 🍓

✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

so what does it DO. glad you asked.

enable_mii_autopoll enables the MII link status autopoll feature on the Velocity hardware 👑 and then — and this is the part everyone forgets — it waits for it to enable. no cap. it doesn't just fire and forget, it actually waits. that's the whole function. iconic behaviour honestly.

so like: turn it on, then be patient. periodt 💜

lowkey important: if you're ever looking for the other one, there's a safe_disable_mii_autopoll(9) in the see-also list down there — this page is the enable side of that story 🌸

✨ SEE ALSO ✨

the whole velocity cinematic universe, fr fr. sit down, this is a long one 🫶

the file itself:

  • Kernel file ./drivers/net/ethernet/via/via-velocity.c

the CAM crew:

the miscellaneous besties:

the options squad:

the resets & filters girlies:

the MII / media girlies:

the setup & registers crew:

the DMA & ring girls:

the packet path girlies:

the lifecycle squad:

the probe & info crew:

the WOL & context girlies:

the ethtool & module crew:

like I said. the whole cinematic universe 🌈

that's the page bestie! 💖 this lil masterpiece lives in ./drivers/net/ethernet/via, it's stamped October 2026, and it goes by enable_mii_autopoll(9) — mwah, go enable some autopolling, ily, bye 🧚✨

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