ixgbe_get_media_type_e610(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💖 ixgbe_get_media_type_e610 — the media-type detective ✨

okay so bestie, welcome to the ixgbe_get_media_type_e610(9) page from the Kernel API Manual. yes we're in kernel land today, grab a strawberry 🍓 and let's go.

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

enum ixgbe_media_type ixgbe_get_media_type_e610 (struct ixgbe_hw *hw );

literally just one argument, one return value, no drama. love that for us. 💅

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

  • hw — pointer to the HW struct 🫶 that's it, that's the whole input. she just wants the hardware struct and she'll handle the rest.

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so here's the vibe: in order to get the media type, the function gets PHY capabilities first, and then it uses those capabilities to identify the PHY type by checking phy_type_high and phy_type_low. 🔍✨

like, she doesn't just guess — she does research. she pulls the PHY caps, then reads the high/low type fields to figure out what kind of media she's actually looking at. main character energy fr fr. 👑

⭐ RETURN ⭐

you get back the type of media, in the form of an ixgbe_media_type enum 💖 — or ixgbe_media_type_unknown in case of an error 😭 (yes, that's the "idk her" answer, no cap).

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

buckle up bestie, this is a long list. every single one of these is a real reference on the page, do not skip. 🧚

like I said. long. ate and left no crumbs. 🔥

and that's the whole page, bestie 💜 this cutie came out of ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i... in October 2026 — mwah, iconic, periodt. 🎀🦋💅

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