ice_copy_phy_caps_to_cfg(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 ice_copy_phy_caps_to_cfg — like, the Kernel API Manual one, bestie

okay so real talk, this page lives in the Kernel API Manual and it's about one tiny helper that is so underrated. picture it: you've got PHY ability data chilling in one struct, and you need it in a different config struct. this function is the go-between. the middle school friend who passes the note. iconic behaviour, honestly.

✨ NAME ✨

ice_copy_phy_caps_to_cfg — copy PHY ability data to configuration data 🫶

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

void ice_copy_phy_caps_to_cfg (struct ice_port_info *pi , struct
ice_aqc_get_phy_caps_data *caps , struct ice_aqc_set_phy_cfg_data *cfg
);

like. that's it. that's the whole signature. no return value, no drama, no notes. 💅

🌸 ARGUMENTS 🌸

  • pi — the port information structure. yes bestie, the whole port. it's giving "main character energy" for the physical port we're talking about here. 👑
  • caps — the PHY ability structure we're copying data from. this is the source. the origin story. the one holding the receipts. 🍓
  • cfg — the PHY configuration structure we're copying data to. this is the destination. the glow-up target. the one that comes out the other side looking different. ✨

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so basically: this is a helper function, and what it does is copy the AQC PHY get ability data over into the PHY set configuration data structure. that's the whole vibe. get → set. ability → config. one struct's lore becomes another struct's outfit. 🔥

no cap, it's a small one — but every big networking operation needs its little helpers, and this one is lowkey doing the lord's work. 😭

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

the kernel file this bad boy calls home:

  • ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_common.c

and like, the entire extended universe of friends, because apparently this page knows everyone at the party:

like I said. everyone. 💀

okay that's the whole page bestie, hope it slayed 💖 this came out of the ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice source tree, dated October 2026, and it belongs to the Kernel API Manual — no cap, go read the rest of the ice pages, they're a whole saga 🌟💜

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