ixgbe_reset_phy_nl(9)

💖 ixgbe_reset_phy_nl(9) — aka the Kernel API Manual page you're about to ✨understand✨

okay bestie, listen. this is a page from the Kernel API Manual and it's about ixgbe_reset_phy_nl, which is genuinely just one function, but it lives in the middle of a whole ecosystem of Intel NIC helper functions, so buckle up 🎀

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🌸 NAME 🌸

ixgbe_reset_phy_nl — Performs a PHY reset 💅 that's it. that's the whole job. it resets the PHY. iconic behavior honestly.

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

int ixgbe_reset_phy_nl (struct ixgbe_hw *hw );

so it hands you back an int (the classic "did it work or not" situation 🔥) and it takes exactly one thing: a pointer to your hardware struct.

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• hw — pointer to hardware structure. that's your whole hardware situation right there, passed in by pointer like a little handoff. you give it the struct ixgbe_hw * and it does the reset thing. no cap, that's the entire argument list, one (1) argument, and she ate 💜

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

okay this is the part where the page just dumps the whole group chat on you and honestly? relatable. every one of these is a friend of the family 🫶 and yes, I'm listing every single one, because skipping any of them would be a crime:

• Kernel file ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_phy.c — that's the literal file it lives in, go say hi 💖
• ixgbe_out_i2c_byte_ack(9)
• ixgbe_in_i2c_byte_ack(9)
• ixgbe_ones_comp_byte_add(9)
• ixgbe_read_i2c_combined_generic_int(9)
• ixgbe_write_i2c_combined_generic_int(9)
• ixgbe_probe_phy(9)
• ixgbe_identify_phy_generic(9)
• ixgbe_check_reset_blocked(9)
• ixgbe_get_phy_id(9)
• ixgbe_get_phy_type_from_id(9)
• ixgbe_reset_phy_generic(9)
• ixgbe_read_phy_reg_mdi(9)
• ixgbe_read_phy_reg_generic(9)
• ixgbe_write_phy_reg_mdi(9)
• ixgbe_write_phy_reg_generic(9)
• ixgbe_msca_cmd(9)
• ixgbe_mii_bus_read_generic_c22(9)
• ixgbe_mii_bus_read_generic_c45(9)
• ixgbe_mii_bus_write_generic_c22(9)
• ixgbe_mii_bus_write_generic_c45(9)
• ixgbe_mii_bus_read_c22(9)
• ixgbe_mii_bus_read_c45(9)
• ixgbe_mii_bus_write_c22(9)
• ixgbe_mii_bus_write_c45(9)
• ixgbe_x550em_a_mii_bus_read_c22(9)
• ixgbe_x550em_a_mii_bus_read_c45(9)
• ixgbe_x550em_a_mii_bus_write_c22(9)
• ixgbe_x550em_a_mii_bus_write_c45(9)
• ixgbe_get_first_secondary_devfn(9)
• ixgbe_x550em_a_has_mii(9)
• ixgbe_mii_bus_init(9)
• ixgbe_setup_phy_link_generic(9)
• ixgbe_setup_phy_link_speed_generic(9)
• ixgbe_get_copper_speeds_supported(9)
• ixgbe_get_copper_link_capabilities_generic(9)
• ixgbe_check_phy_link_tnx(9)
• ixgbe_setup_phy_link_tnx(9)
• ixgbe_identify_module_generic(9)
• ixgbe_identify_sfp_module_generic(9)
• ixgbe_identify_qsfp_module_generic(9)
• ixgbe_get_sfp_init_sequence_offsets(9)
• ixgbe_read_i2c_eeprom_generic(9)
• ixgbe_read_i2c_sff8472_generic(9)
• ixgbe_write_i2c_eeprom_generic(9)
• ixgbe_is_sfp_probe(9)
• ixgbe_read_i2c_byte_generic_int(9)
• ixgbe_read_i2c_byte_generic(9)
• ixgbe_read_i2c_byte_generic_unlocked(9)
• ixgbe_write_i2c_byte_generic_int(9)
• ixgbe_write_i2c_byte_generic(9)
• ixgbe_write_i2c_byte_generic_unlocked(9)
• ixgbe_i2c_start(9)
• ixgbe_i2c_stop(9)
• ixgbe_clock_in_i2c_byte(9)
• ixgbe_clock_out_i2c_byte(9)
• ixgbe_get_i2c_ack(9)
• ixgbe_clock_in_i2c_bit(9)
• ixgbe_clock_out_i2c_bit(9)
• ixgbe_raise_i2c_clk(9)
• ixgbe_lower_i2c_clk(9)
• ixgbe_set_i2c_data(9)
• ixgbe_get_i2c_data(9)
• ixgbe_i2c_bus_clear(9)
• ixgbe_tn_check_overtemp(9)

like. look at that list. that's a whole squad 😭 the i2c girlies, the mii bus crew, the sfp/qsfp module identifiers, the phy link setup team, the copper-speed girlies — everybody's here. iykyk 🌈

lowkey reminder bestie: these are all (9) kernel API references, so they're function pages, not shell commands. don't go typing ixgbe_i2c_stop into your terminal and expect magic 💀

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🧚 sign-off 🧚

and that's the page!! source situation: ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i... (the path got a lil truncated by the man renderer, as it does 🙈) and it's dated October 2026. stay reset, stay phy, slay 💅✨🎀🍓