genphy_c45_read_status(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

🌸 genphy_c45_read_status(9) 🌸

okay so before we even start — this page lives in the Kernel API Manual, and it's basically the glow-up ritual your PHY goes through to figure out how it's doing. tiny function, big "how are you feeling today bestie" energy. let's get into it 💅

✨ NAME ✨

genphy_c45_read_status — read PHY status 👀

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

int genphy_c45_read_status (struct phy_device *phydev );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

  • phydev — the target phy_device struct 💖 like, this is the PHY we're checking in on. the main character, if you will.

⭐ DESCRIPTION ⭐

So what does it actually do? It reads the status from the PHY and sets the phy_device members accordingly. That's it. That's the whole vibe. ✨

ngl it's giving "short and iconic" — it goes and looks at how the PHY is doing, then updates the matching fields in phy_device so the rest of the kernel knows what's up. no cap, that's the entire description. periodt. 💅

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

okay this list is long long — but every single one of these is a real friend of the function, so here's the whole group chat, no one left on read 🫶

like… 44 entries. the way this function knows everyone 😭 queen behavior honestly 👑

💡 friendly reminder: all of those live over in ./drivers/net/phy, so that's the neighborhood to go snooping in if you wanna read the source yourself. iykyk 🧚

and that's the page!! mwah 💋 this lil write-up shipped out with the Kernel API Manual branding, dated October 2026, sourced from the kernel file ./drivers/net/phy/phy-c45.c in the ./drivers/net/phy directory — so if anyone asks where this came from, you already know 🌸🦋 stay slay, bestie 💜

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