ixgbe_read_phy_reg_generic(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💖 ixgbe_read_phy_reg_generic 💖

okay bestie, so this is a page from the Kernel API Manual and it's about ixgbe_read_phy_reg_generic — literally the function that reads a value from a specified PHY register using the SWFW lock, and the man page is out here saying straight up: this function is needed in most cases. like, main character energy fr fr, you're gonna be calling this one a lot 💅

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

int ixgbe_read_phy_reg_generic (struct ixgbe_hw *hw , u32 reg_addr , u32
device_type , u16 *phy_data );

that's it, that's the whole vibe check: takes some stuff, gives you back an int. 🫶

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

  • hw — pointer to hardware structure. it's the whole hardware situation, she knows things 💖
  • reg_addr — the 32 bit address of the PHY register you wanna read. like a little address label on the exact register you're snooping on ✨
  • device_type — the 5 bit device type. five bits, tiny, iconic, does a lot ngl 🦋
  • phy_data — pointer to read data from PHY register. the data literally gets read into whatever this points at, so bestie please make sure it points somewhere real 😭

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

so many siblings, one big ixgbe family reunion 🎀 and also the kernel file itself:

okay that's the whole page, no cap 💀💖 this one's from ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i... (yes the source string is literally truncated like that, we love a mysterious queen 🙈) dated October 2026, and it all lives under the ixgbe_read_phy_reg_generic(9) name. go read some PHY registers bestie, slay 🌸🦋✨

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