genphy_c45_restart_aneg(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 genphy_c45_restart_aneg — a Kernel API Manual moment

okay so bestie, welcome to the genphy_c45_restart_aneg(9) page, straight out of the Kernel API Manual ✨ this one's short and sweet but it's literally the glow-up button for auto-negotiation, so let's get into it 🎀

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

int genphy_c45_restart_aneg (struct phy_device *phydev );

like, it returns an int, it takes one pointer, that's the whole vibe 🫶

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

  • phydev — your target phy_device struct, aka the main character of this whole function 💖

👑 DESCRIPTION 👑

Heads up bestie: this function assumes that the auto-negotiation MMD is present — like, it's not checking, it's just trusting you. no cap.

and then? it enables and restarts auto-negotiation. that's it. that's the function. short king behavior fr fr 💅✨

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

the whole squad, in the order the manpage lists them (not me reorganizing, i would never 🙈):

Kernel file ./drivers/net/phy/phy-c45.c

like, that's a whole friend group and they all showed up 🌈💜

✨ that's the whole page, bestie ✨ it lives in ./drivers/net/phy, dated October 2026, and it's giving "small function, big energy" energy 💀🫶 go restart some auto-negotiation, ily, bye 🎀🌸

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