igb_release_phy_82575(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💖 igb_release_phy_82575 — Kernel API Manual 💖

okay so bestie, welcome to igb_release_phy_82575(9) 💅 this is a page from the Kernel API Manual and it's short but it matters, so let's get into it 🫶

🌸 NAME 🌸

igb_release_phy_82575 — Release rights to access PHY 🌈

like, you're handing the PHY back. giving "i'm done with the aux cord, take it" energy fr fr.

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

void igb_release_phy_82575 (struct e1000_hw *hw );

that's the whole signature, no cap 🎀 (and yes, the spacing is exactly like that, don't come for me)

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

  • hw — pointer to the HW structure 💜 it's the hardware struct, she's the main character here, everything runs through her

💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

So what does she do? She's a wrapper 🦋 — a lil cozy blanket around the job of releasing access rights to the correct PHY. That's the whole vibe. Nothing more, nothing less.

And the key lore: this is a function pointer entry point, called by the api module 👑 so like, you're not the one calling her directly in most cases — the api module comes knocking. she's on the roster, ready to go ✨

no hidden side quests listed here bestie, the manpage is literally just "wrapper, releases the PHY rights, called via function pointer by the api module." that's the tea 💀

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

First up, the source file where this lives:

./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/e1000_82575.c 📁

and now the whole extended friend group 😭 literally so many of them, i'm listing every single one, no skipping:

that's the whole page bestie, every single reference accounted for, i would never leave one out 💜

this lil icon comes to you from ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb, dated October 2026 ✨ go off, release that PHY, periodt 🎀🌸💅

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