ice_write_port_eth56g(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 ice_write_port_eth56g(9) 💅

okay so bestie, welcome to the ice_write_port_eth56g(9) page from the Kernel API Manual. This one is literally about writing a PHY port register, and yes she is iconic for it. No cap. ✨

🎀 NAME 🎀

ice_write_port_eth56g — Write a PHY port register. That's the whole vibe: it writes a PHY port register. Periodt. 💖

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

int ice_write_port_eth56g (struct ice_hw *hw , u8 port , u32 offset ,
       u32 val , enum eth56g_res_type res_type );

🌸 ARGUMENTS 🌸

okay so here's the cast of characters, and every single one matters:

  • hw — pointer to the HW struct.
  • port — Port number.
  • offset — PHY register offset.
  • val — Value to write.
  • res_type — resource type (register/memory).

🔥 RETURN 🔥

what comes back? the tea is:

  • 0 — success
  • EINVAL — invalid port number or resource type
  • other — failed to write to PHY

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

Kernel file: ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_ptp_hw.c

and the whole friend group is here — every name, no skips, fr fr:

That’s the whole page, bestie 🫶 — source/version is ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice, dated October 2026, and the page is ice_write_port_eth56g(9). Bye 💅✨

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