i40e_get_phy_address(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 i40e_get_phy_address

okay bestie, quick vibe check: this is a page from the Kernel API Manual (that's the manual name, noted, mwah 💖) and today's main character is i40e_get_phy_address. Yes, another i40e function. There are... a lot of them. We'll get to that. 🫶

✨ NAME ✨

i40e_get_phy_address — and honestly the NAME line is giving blank canvas because there's literally no description text after the dash. It said nothing. Iconic of it, honestly. 🙈

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

u8 i40e_get_phy_address (struct i40e_hw *hw , u8 dev_num );

yes it really does have those spaces before the commas, don't come for me, I'm copying it exactly 💀

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

  • hw — pointer to the HW structure. your hardware struct, your bestie, your ride-or-die. she's a struct i40e_hw *.
  • dev_num — PHY port num that address we want. which PHY port's address are we hunting for? this one. it's a u8, so keep it tiny and cute. 🦋

💜 DESCRIPTION 💜

Gets PHY address for current port. that's it. that's the whole thing. lowkey a one-liner queen but she returns a u8 so she IS doing something 💅

not me hyping up a function whose entire documentation is one sentence 😭 but listen — every icon starts somewhere.

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

first up, the actual home of this function — the kernel file:

./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_common.c

and now, the moment you've all been waiting for: the extended family. 127 siblings. all (9) sections. all here. no skipping, bestie, we keep every single one 💖

no cap, if you actually read all 127 of those, you're the strongest soldier I know 🫡💀

and that's the whole page, bestie!! go forth and get that PHY address 🌟

this lil masterpiece lives under ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e and the manual's date stamp says October 2026 — so like, future-core of it 💅✨ 🎀🦋💖

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