ixgbe_put_phy_token(9)

💅 ixgbe_put_phy_token(9) — from the Kernel API Manual, bestie

okay so real talk, we're deep in the Kernel API Manual today and the star of the show is ixgbe_put_phy_token(9) — yes the whole name, yes it's long, she's iconic like that 🎀

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✨ NAME ✨

ixgbe_put_phy_token — the girl who puts back the token so everybody can share the PHY again, no cap 🔑

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

int ixgbe_put_phy_token (struct ixgbe_hw *hw );

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• hw — a pointer to the hardware structure 🫶 literally just the hardware, that's the whole vibe

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

okay so this function does NOT exist in a vacuum, she runs with a whole friend group, and you're gonna wanna know all of them, fr fr 💖 also yes the kernel file lives right here:

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

and now the whole squad, in the order the page gives them, no skips:

• 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_get_phy_id_fw(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_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)

lowkey that's like sixty functions, but every single one ate and every single one is staying on the list 💀✨

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and that's the page!! written straight out of ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i... — yep, the source got cut off mid-path on the footer, she's mysterious like that 🙈 — and dated October 2026, which is literally the future, main character energy fr fr. mwah, go put that token back 💜🎀🦋