igc_acquire_phy_base(9)

🎀 NAME 🎀

okay bestie, this page is igc_acquire_phy_base(9) from the Kernel API Manual, and it's all about one tiny but important move: igc_acquire_phy_base — acquire rights to access PHY 💅✨

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

here's the signature, character for character, no edits:

s32 igc_acquire_phy_base (struct igc_hw *hw );

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💅 ARGUMENTS 💅

• hw — pointer to the HW structure 🫶

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

So what does it do? It acquires access rights to the correct PHY. periodt.

Also important, bestie: this is a function pointer entry point called by the api module. that's the whole vibe 😌

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

Kernel file: ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igc/igc_base.c 📁

• igc_reset_hw_base(9)
• igc_init_nvm_params_base(9)
• igc_setup_copper_link_base(9)
• igc_init_mac_params_base(9)
• igc_init_phy_params_base(9)
• igc_release_phy_base(9)
• igc_init_hw_base(9)
• igc_power_down_phy_copper_base(9)
• igc_rx_fifo_flush_base(9)

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mwah 💋 this has been igc_acquire_phy_base(9) from the Kernel API Manual, sourced from ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igc, dated October 2026 🫶💖