linkmode_adv_to_fiber_adv_t(9)

💅 NAME 💅

linkmode_adv_to_fiber_adv_t — and that's literally the whole title, bestie. The original page leaves the description blank after the dash, which is giving mysterious main-character energy, ngl. It's from the Kernel API Manual, and we're about to get into it. ✨

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

u32 linkmode_adv_to_fiber_adv_t (unsigned long *advertise);

Copy that exactly, okay? Don't freestyle the signature — it's doing its little u32 return-type thing and we respect it. 🎀

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• advertise — the linkmode advertisement settings. That's the pointer you're passing in, and that's the whole argument list. Short and slay.

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

Okay so picture this: it's a small helper function — fr fr, that's what the page calls it — and its entire job is translating your linkmode advertisement settings into phy autonegotiation advertisements for the MII_ADV register, specifically for fiber link.

That's it. That's the task. Lowkey a translator for the fiber side of things, and honestly? We love a function that knows its lane. 👑 No extra drama, no side quests, just MII_ADV register business for fiber. Periodt.

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🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

• Kernel file ./drivers/net/phy/marvell.c marvell_config_aneg_fiber(9) — the page said go look at this, so we're looking at this. 👀
• fiber_lpa_mod_linkmode_lpa_t(9) — and this one too. The fiber linkmode girlies stay booked and busy. 💅

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Bestie reminder: the page is small, but every detail is load-bearing. Don't skip the SEE ALSO — iykyk. 🫶

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That's the whole vibe check: source ./drivers/net/phy, dated October 2026, officially the linkmode_adv_to_fiber_adv_t(9) page. Go translate those advertisements and slay your fiber autoneg, queen. 💖✨🌈