genphy_c45_read_eee_lpa(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💖 genphy_c45_read_eee_lpa 💖

okay so bestie, welcome to the genphy_c45_read_eee_lpa(9) page — yeah that's a whole mouthful, it's from the Kernel API Manual and it's genuinely so much less scary than it looks, i promise 🫶

✨ NAME ✨

genphy_c45_read_eee_lpa — reads the advertised LP EEE link modes 💅

like, that's the whole vibe. it goes and fetches what the link partner is out here advertising in the EEE department. no cap.

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

int genphy_c45_read_eee_lpa (struct phy_device *phydev , unsigned long
*lpa );

see? two little args and an int coming back at you. iconic behavior honestly ⭐

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

  • phydev — the target phy_device struct 🎀 this is the phy you're snooping on, your main character.
  • lpa — the linkmode LP advertisement status 💫 this is where the answer lands, so like… don't forget to actually use it bestie 🙈

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

the full squad, no one left behind, fr fr — all of these live in the kernel file ./drivers/net/phy/phy-c45.c:

ngl that's a long list and i'm obsessed with it 💀 go read them, they're all in the same file and they all slay in their own way.

aaaand that's the page !! mwah 💜 signed off from ./drivers/net/phy, dated October 2026, and yes this whole thing is the genphy_c45_read_eee_lpa(9) manual page you were looking for the entire time 🎀✨

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