igb_get_phy_info_82580(9)

🌸 igb_get_phy_info_82580 🌸

okay so bestie, welcome to the igb_get_phy_info_82580(9) manual page — this is straight from the Kernel API Manual and honestly it's giving "niche but iconic" energy 💅

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✨ NAME ✨

igb_get_phy_info_82580 — literally just Retrieve I82580 PHY information, no cap 🎀

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

s32 igb_get_phy_info_82580 (struct e1000_hw *hw );

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💖 ARGUMENTS 💖

• hw — pointer to the HW structure 🫶 (like, the whole hardware vibe lives in here)

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🌈 DESCRIPTION 🌈

okay so here's the tea, bestie — this function reads the PHY status to figure out if the link is up. simple as that. ⭐

if the link IS up? then it sets/determines 10base-T extended distance and polarity correction. periodt. 🔥

then it reads the PHY port status to determine MDI/MDIx and speed — literally doing a whole vibe check on your connection ngl 💀

and based on the speed, it determines stuff about the cable length, plus the local and remote receiver. iconic behavior fr fr 👑

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🔗 SEE ALSO 🔗

bestie there are SO many related pages, buckle up 🧚:

• Kernel file ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/e1000_phy.c

and also like, all of these:

• igb_check_reset_block(9)
• igb_get_phy_id(9)
• igb_phy_reset_dsp(9)
• igb_read_phy_reg_mdic(9)
• igb_write_phy_reg_mdic(9)
• igb_read_phy_reg_i2c(9)
• igb_write_phy_reg_i2c(9)
• igb_read_sfp_data_byte(9)
• igb_read_phy_reg_igp(9)
• igb_write_phy_reg_igp(9)
• igb_copper_link_setup_82580(9)
• igb_copper_link_setup_m88(9)
• igb_copper_link_setup_m88_gen2(9)
• igb_copper_link_setup_igp(9)
• igb_copper_link_autoneg(9)
• igb_phy_setup_autoneg(9)
• igb_setup_copper_link(9)
• igb_phy_force_speed_duplex_igp(9)
• igb_phy_force_speed_duplex_m88(9)
• igb_phy_force_speed_duplex_setup(9)
• igb_set_d3_lplu_state(9)
• igb_check_downshift(9)
• igb_check_polarity_m88(9)
• igb_check_polarity_igp(9)
• igb_wait_autoneg(9)
• igb_phy_has_link(9)
• igb_get_cable_length_m88(9)
• igb_get_cable_length_igp_2(9)
• igb_get_phy_info_m88(9)
• igb_get_phy_info_igp(9)
• igb_phy_sw_reset(9)
• igb_phy_hw_reset(9)
• igb_phy_init_script_igp3(9)
• igb_initialize_M88E1512_phy(9)
• igb_initialize_M88E1543_phy(9)
• igb_power_up_phy_copper(9)
• igb_power_down_phy_copper(9)
• igb_check_polarity_82580(9)
• igb_phy_force_speed_duplex_82580(9)
• igb_get_cable_length_82580(9)
• igb_set_master_slave_mode(9)

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and that's the whole page bestie, you ate that 🍓💜

🌟 cute little sign-off: this is from ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb, dated October 2026, and it's the igb_get_phy_info_82580(9) page. slay! 💅✨