ethtool_adv_...md_eee_adv_t(9)

💜 ethtool_adv_...md_eee_adv_t(9) 💜

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual — yes we're reading kernel docs for fun now, this is who we are, main character energy only 👑

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✨ NAME ✨

ethtool_adv_to_mmd_eee_adv_t —

and that's it. that's the whole name section. no description after the dash. the manpage literally said "she's mysterious" and moved on 😭 iconic behaviour honestly, leaving us wanting more 💅

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

u16 ethtool_adv_to_mmd_eee_adv_t (u32 adv );

copy it exactly like that, bestie, spacing and all — do NOT "fix" the space before the paren, it's canon 🫶

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• adv — the ethtool advertisement settings. that's the whole input. that's the vibe. it goes in, magic comes out ✨

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🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

so what does this little cutie even do? she's a small helper function (we love a humble queen) and her whole job is translating ethtool advertisement settings into EEE advertisements 🔥

and where do those translated ads go? straight into two registers, lowkey iconic addresses:

• the MMD EEE Advertisement (7.60) register
• the MMD EEE Link Partner Ability (7.61) register

that's it, that's her whole personality — translation girlie, fluent in two dialects of advertisement 🧚 no cap, small function, big purpose.

heads up: she's a helper, so she's not out here living her own life — she exists to be called by other bits of the kernel, iykyk 💀

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

the whole friend group, fr fr — go say hi 👋

• Kernel file ./include/linux/mdio.h struct mdio_if_info(9)
• mdio45_ethtool_ksettings_get(9)
• mmd_eee_cap_to_ethtool_sup_t(9)
• mmd_eee_adv_to_ethtool_adv_t(9)
• linkmode_adv_to_mii_10gbt_adv_t(9)
• mii_10gbt_stat_mod_linkmode_lpa_t(9)
• mii_t1_adv_l_mod_linkmode_t(9)
• mii_t1_adv_m_mod_linkmode_t(9)
• linkmode_adv_to_mii_t1_adv_l_t(9)
• linkmode_adv_to_mii_t1_adv_m_t(9)
• mii_eee_cap1_mod_linkmode_t(9)
• mii_eee_cap2_mod_linkmode_sup_t(9)
• mii_eee_cap2_mod_linkmode_adv_t(9)
• linkmode_to_mii_eee_cap1_t(9)
• linkmode_to_mii_eee_cap2_t(9)
• mii_10base_t1_adv_mod_linkmode_t(9)
• linkmode_adv_to_mii_10base_t1_t(9)
• mii_c73_mod_linkmode(9)
• mdio_module_driver(9)

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that's a wrap, bestie 🍓 this page lives in ./include/linux, it's dated October 2026, and it answers to ethtool_adv_...md_eee_adv_t(9) — go forth and translate those advertisements, you're gonna slay 💖✨🎀