genphy_restart_aneg(9)

👑 genphy_restart_aneg — the Kernel API Manual page, bestie edition

okay so real talk, this is the <pink>genphy_restart_aneg</pink> page from the Kernel API Manual, and it's genuinely so much shorter than you'd expect for something with this much main character energy. let's get into it 💅

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✨ NAME ✨

genphy_restart_aneg — Enable and Restart Autonegotiation

like, it does exactly what it says on the tin: it enables autoneg and then restarts it. no cap, no plot twist, just vibes and link negotiation 🫶

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

int genphy_restart_aneg (struct phy_device *phydev );

she returns an int, she takes one (1) pointer, she's iconic for it 💖

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🌸 ARGUMENTS 🌸

• phydev — the target struct phy_device. that's it. that's the whole argument list. she's lowkey minimal and we respect it 🙈

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🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

this list is long, bestie, and the file lives at ./drivers/net/phy/phy_device.c — so here's the entire roster, not one single one skipped, because we don't do that here:

• phy_uses_state_machine(9)
• phy_register_fixup(9)
• genphy_match_phy_device(9)
• get_phy_c45_ids(9)
• get_phy_c22_id(9)
• get_phy_device(9)
• phy_device_register(9)
• phy_device_remove(9)
• phy_get_c45_ids(9)
• phy_find_next(9)
• phy_prepare_link(9)
• phy_connect_direct(9)
• phy_connect(9)
• phy_disconnect(9)
• phy_poll_reset(9)
• phy_sfp_connect_phy(9)
• phy_sfp_disconnect_phy(9)
• phy_sfp_attach(9)
• phy_sfp_detach(9)
• phy_sfp_probe(9)
• phy_attach_direct(9)
• phy_detach(9)
• phy_reset_after_clk_enable(9)
• genphy_config_advert(9)
• genphy_c37_config_advert(9)
• genphy_setup_forced(9)
• genphy_check_and_restart_aneg(9)
• __genphy_config_aneg(9)
• genphy_c37_config_aneg(9)
• genphy_aneg_done(9)
• genphy_update_link(9)
• genphy_read_status_fixed(9)
• genphy_read_status(9)
• genphy_c37_read_status(9)
• genphy_soft_reset(9)
• genphy_read_abilities(9)
• phy_remove_link_mode(9)
• phy_advertise_supported(9)
• phy_advertise_eee_all(9)
• phy_support_eee(9)
• phy_disable_eee(9)
• phy_support_sym_pause(9)
• phy_support_asym_pause(9)
• phy_set_sym_pause(9)
• phy_set_asym_pause(9)
• phy_validate_pause(9)
• phy_get_pause(9)
• phy_get_internal_delay(9)
• phy_get_tx_amplitude_gain(9)
• phy_get_mac_termination(9)
• phy_get_sfp_port(9)
• fwnode_mdio_find_device(9)
• fwnode_phy_find_device(9)
• fwnode_get_phy_node(9)
• phy_probe(9)
• phy_driver_register(9)

fifty-something entries and every single one of them ate, periodt 💀✨

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ngl the original page is literally just these four sections — no RETURN VALUE, no ERRORS, no NOTES, no COPYRIGHT. so if you were waiting for extra lore, that's the whole thing 🎀

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💜 the cute sign-off 💜

this gorgeous little page ships from the source path ./drivers/net/phy, and it's dated October 2026 — so mark your calendar, bestie. the manual name it lives under is genphy_restart_aneg(9), and honestly she's short, she's sweet, she's gonna restart your autoneg and dip 🌈⭐🍓🧚‍♀️