ixgbe_fw_phy_activity(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

✨ ixgbe_fw_phy_activity 💅

okay so bestie, welcome to the ixgbe_fw_phy_activity(9) page — yes it's a section 9 kernel API manual, yes it's giving "niche but iconic", and yes we're gonna read it together 🫶

🌸 NAME 🌸

ixgbe_fw_phy_activity — literally just do an activity on a PHY 💫

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

int ixgbe_fw_phy_activity (struct ixgbe_hw *hw , u16 activity , u32
(*data)[FW_PHY_ACT_DATA_COUNT] );

like, that's the whole signature, no cap 🤌

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

  • hw — pointer to hardware structure. it's the hardware, she's the main character of the struct 💅
  • activity — the activity to perform (a u16, so like, pick your vibe 🔥)
  • data — pointer to 4 32-bit words of data. four. 32-bit. words. 🍓

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

first up, the kernel file this whole thing lives in (iykyk):

./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_x550.c

and then the whole friend group 👑 — every single one of these, no skipping:

like, that's a whole squad and a half 💀 but we got through it, slay ✨

💖 okay that's the page!! mwah, go read a PHY datasheet, you're doing amazing 🧚

sign-off time 🎀 this one's served fresh from ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i... (yes the footer literally truncates it like that, not me 🙈) and it's dated October 2026 — mark your calendars bestie, the future is now ⭐💜

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