igb_get_phy_info_igp(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💖 NAME 💖

okay so this is igb_get_phy_info_igp — the igp PHY information getter — straight out of the Kernel API Manual, section 9, bestie 🦋. It's giving “retrieve igp PHY information,” and honestly that's the whole vibe.

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

s32 igb_get_phy_info_igp (struct e1000_hw *hw );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

  • hw — pointer to the HW structure. That's it, one pointer, no drama 💅

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

Okay so what does it actually do? It reads PHY status to determine if the link is up. If the link is up, then it sets/determines 10base-T extended distance and polarity correction. Then it reads PHY port status to determine MDI/MDIx and speed. Based on the speed, it determines cable length, local receiver, and remote receiver. Literally a whole tiny detective arc in one function, and I'm obsessed 🔥.

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

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

the squad:

and that's the tea 🍓 this page's source/version line points at ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb, and it's dated October 2026 — igb_get_phy_info_igp(9) signing off, bestie, go read your PHY status 💜

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