ice_dpll_is_sw_pin(9)

👑 ice_dpll_is_sw_pin — the "wait, is this pin ours to touch?" checker 💅

okay bestie so real quick, we're in the Kernel API Manual today and this is genuinely one of the cutest little helpers in ice_dpll — it's just a yes/no vibe check on a pin, no cap ✨

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

bool ice_dpll_is_sw_pin (struct ice_pf *pf , u8 index , bool input );

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• pf — the private board structure 💖 like, your whole NIC's little diary
• index — the index of a pin, "as understood by FW" — so like the firmware's own numbering, don't @ me with your own scheme 🙈
• input — true for input, false for output. literally that simple 🦋

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✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

So what this does is check whether the pin shall be controlled by SW — instead of just handing out raw access for pin control. 🫶

Now here's the tea for E810 NIC with dpll: there's extra MUX-related logic sitting between the SMA/U.FL pins/connectors and the dpll device. 😭 It's giving tangled. So the move — the iconic move — is to give the user access through a series of wrapper functions, because from the user's perspective those wrappers convey a single functionality rather than a bunch of separated pins. periodt 💅

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🌈 RETURN 🌈

• true — pin controlled by SW 🔥 slay
• false — pin not controlled by SW 💀 not it

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💜 SEE ALSO 💜

Kernel file ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_dpll.c — and bestie, buckle up, the friend group is huge: enum ice_dpll_pin_type(9), ice_dpll_is_reset(9), ice_dpll_pin_freq_set(9), ice_dpll_frequency_set(9), ice_dpll_input_frequency_set(9), ice_dpll_output_frequency_set(9), ice_dpll_frequency_get(9), ice_dpll_input_frequency_get(9), ice_dpll_output_frequency_get(9), ice_dpll_sw_pin_frequency_set(9), ice_dpll_sw_pin_frequency_get(9), ice_dpll_pin_enable(9), ice_dpll_pin_disable(9), ice_dpll_pin_store_state(9), ice_dpll_rclk_update_e825c(9), ice_dpll_rclk_update(9), ice_dpll_sw_pins_update(9), ice_dpll_pin_state_update(9), ice_dpll_hw_input_prio_set(9), ice_dpll_lock_status_get(9), ice_dpll_mode_get(9), ice_dpll_phase_offset_monitor_set(9), ice_dpll_phase_offset_monitor_get(9), ice_dpll_pin_state_set(9), ice_dpll_output_state_set(9), ice_dpll_input_state_set(9), ice_dpll_pin_state_get(9), ice_dpll_output_state_get(9), ice_dpll_input_state_get(9), ice_dpll_sw_pin_notify_peer(9), ice_dpll_sma_direction_set(9), ice_dpll_ufl_pin_state_set(9), ice_dpll_sw_pin_state_get(9), ice_dpll_sma_pin_state_set(9), ice_dpll_input_prio_get(9), ice_dpll_input_prio_set(9), ice_dpll_input_direction(9), ice_dpll_output_direction(9), ice_dpll_pin_sma_direction_set(9), ice_dpll_pin_sw_direction_get(9), ice_dpll_pin_phase_adjust_get(9), ice_dpll_pin_phase_adjust_set(9), ice_dpll_input_phase_adjust_set(9), ice_dpll_output_phase_adjust_set(9), ice_dpll_sw_phase_adjust_get(9), ice_dpll_sw_phase_adjust_set(9), ice_dpll_phase_offset_get(9), ice_dpll_synce_update_e825c(9), ice_dpll_output_esync_set(9), ice_dpll_output_esync_get(9), ice_dpll_input_esync_set(9), ice_dpll_input_esync_get(9), ice_dpll_sw_esync_set(9), ice_dpll_sw_esync_get(9), ice_dpll_input_ref_sync_get(9), ice_dpll_sw_input_ref_sync_get(9), ice_dpll_rclk_state_on_pin_set(9), ice_dpll_rclk_state_on_pin_get(9), ice_dpll_txclk_work(9), ice_dpll_txclk_state_on_dpll_set(9), ice_dpll_txclk_state_on_dpll_get(9), ice_generate_clock_id(9), ice_dpll_pin_ntf(9), ice_dpll_notify_changes(9), ice_dpll_is_pps_phase_monitor(9), ice_dpll_pins_notify_mask(9), ice_dpll_pps_update_phase_offsets(9), ice_dpll_update_state(9), ice_dpll_periodic_work(9), ice_dpll_init_ref_sync_inputs(9), ice_dpll_release_pins(9), ice_dpll_get_pins(9), ice_dpll_unregister_pins(9), ice_dpll_pin_ref_sync_register(9), ice_dpll_register_pins(9), ice_dpll_deinit_direct_pins(9), ice_dpll_init_direct_pins(9), ice_dpll_deinit_rclk_pin(9), ice_dpll_init_pin_common(9), ice_dpll_init_rclk_pin(9), ice_dpll_deinit_pins(9), ice_dpll_init_fwnode_pins(9), ice_dpll_init_pins_e825(9), ice_dpll_init_pins(9), ice_dpll_deinit_dpll(9), ice_dpll_init_dpll(9), ice_dpll_deinit_worker(9), ice_dpll_init_worker(9), ice_dpll_phase_range_set(9), ice_dpll_init_info_pins_generic(9), ice_dpll_init_info_direct_pins(9), ice_dpll_init_info_pin_on_pin_e825c(9), ice_dpll_init_info_rclk_pin(9), ice_dpll_init_info_sw_pins(9), ice_dpll_init_info_txclk_pins_e825c(9), ice_dpll_init_pins_info(9), ice_dpll_deinit_info(9), ice_dpll_init_info_e825c(9), ice_dpll_init_info(9), ice_dpll_deinit(9), ice_dpll_init_e825(9), ice_dpll_init_e810(9) 🌟

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ngl bestie, if you made it through that whole SEE ALSO list you deserve a little treat 🍓 iykyk

and that's the whole page!! brought to you straight outta ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice, stamped October 2026 🎀 go forth and check those pins, main character 💖🦋