ixgbe_get_phy_id_fw(9)

💅 ixgbe_get_phy_id_fw — the Kernel API Manual, section 9, bestie 🎀

okay so picture this: you're deep in the Kernel API Manual (section 9, very exclusive, very <purple>kernel-devs only</purple> energy) and you stumble onto ixgbe_get_phy_id_fw. That's our girl for today. Let's get into it 💖

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✨ NAME ✨

ixgbe_get_phy_id_fw — literally just: Get the phy ID via firmware command. That's the whole assignment, and she ate 🫶

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

int ixgbe_get_phy_id_fw (struct ixgbe_hw *hw );

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• hw — pointer to the hardware structure. that's it, that's the one (1) argument, and she is carrying the whole function on her shoulders 😭

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👑 DESCRIPTION 👑

So what does it do? It returns error code. That is the entire description. No paragraph, no lore, no backstory — the docs said "returns error code" and clocked out 💀

Ngl it's giving <mint>mysterious main character</mint> — the name tells you she gets the phy ID via a firmware command, and the description tells you she'll hand you back an error code. The rest? You're gonna have to read the source, bestie 🙈

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🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

the whole squad, fr fr — assemble 🌈

• ixgbe_read_cs4227(9)
• ixgbe_write_cs4227(9)
• ixgbe_read_pe(9)
• ixgbe_write_pe(9)
• ixgbe_reset_cs4227(9)
• ixgbe_check_cs4227(9)
• ixgbe_read_i2c_combined_generic(9)
• ixgbe_read_i2c_combined_generic_unlocked(9)
• ixgbe_write_i2c_combined_generic(9)
• ixgbe_write_i2c_combined_generic_unlocked(9)
• ixgbe_fw_phy_activity(9)
• ixgbe_identify_phy_fw(9)
• ixgbe_shutdown_fw_phy(9)
• ixgbe_setup_fw_link(9)
• ixgbe_fc_autoneg_fw(9)
• ixgbe_iosf_wait(9)
• ixgbe_get_phy_token(9)
• ixgbe_put_phy_token(9)
• ixgbe_write_iosf_sb_reg_x550a(9)
• ixgbe_read_iosf_sb_reg_x550a(9)
• ixgbe_get_bus_info_X550em(9)
• ixgbe_fw_recovery_mode_X550(9)
• ixgbe_setup_ixfi_x550em_x(9)
• ixgbe_restart_an_internal_phy_x550em(9)
• ixgbe_supported_sfp_modules_X550em(9)
• ixgbe_setup_mac_link_sfp_x550em(9)
• ixgbe_setup_sfi_x550a(9)
• ixgbe_setup_mac_link_sfp_n(9)
• ixgbe_setup_mac_link_sfp_x550a(9)
• ixgbe_setup_mac_link_t_X550em(9)
• ixgbe_setup_sgmii(9)
• ixgbe_setup_sgmii_fw(9)
• ixgbe_fc_autoneg_sgmii_x550em_a(9)
• ixgbe_get_lasi_ext_t_x550em(9)
• ixgbe_enable_lasi_ext_t_x550em(9)
• ixgbe_handle_lasi_ext_t_x550em(9)
• ixgbe_setup_kr_speed_x550em(9)
• ixgbe_setup_kr_x550em(9)
• ixgbe_led_on_t_x550em(9)
• ixgbe_led_off_t_x550em(9)
• ixgbe_set_fw_drv_ver_x550(9)
• ixgbe_setup_fc_x550em(9)
• ixgbe_fc_autoneg_backplane_x550em_a(9)
• ixgbe_fc_autoneg_fiber_x550em_a(9)
• ixgbe_reset_phy_fw(9)
• ixgbe_check_overtemp_fw(9)
• ixgbe_read_mng_if_sel_x550em(9)
• ixgbe_set_mdio_speed(9)
• ixgbe_setup_fc_backplane_x550em_a(9)
• ixgbe_set_mux(9)
• ixgbe_acquire_swfw_sync_X550em(9)
• ixgbe_release_swfw_sync_X550em(9)
• ixgbe_acquire_swfw_sync_X550em_a(9)
• ixgbe_release_swfw_sync_X550em_a(9)
• ixgbe_read_phy_reg_x550a(9)
• ixgbe_write_phy_reg_x550a(9)
• ixgbe_enable_mdd_x550(9)
• ixgbe_disable_mdd_x550(9)
• ixgbe_restore_mdd_vf_x550(9)
• ixgbe_handle_mdd_x550(9)

and if you wanna see where the magic happens, the kernel file is right here: ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_x550.c — go read it, iykyk 👀

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that's the page!! short and sweet, kinda iconic honestly 💜

mwah, go touch grass (or, like, an ixgbe_x550.c file) 🍓

✨ this cutie came from ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i..., October 2026 edition — ixgbe_get_phy_id_fw(9), slay forever ✨