linkmode_adv_to_mii_adv_t(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 linkmode_adv_to_mii_adv_t(9) — the Kernel API Manual cutie

okay so this is a page from the Kernel API Manual, and honestly it's a short one but she's important, so let's get into it 🎀

✨ NAME ✨

linkmode_adv_to_mii_adv_t — bestie, the name is literally the whole plot: it's the tiny translator function that turns linkmode advertisement settings into phy autonegotiation advertisements for the MII_ADVERTISE register 🦋

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

u32 linkmode_adv_to_mii_adv_t (const unsigned long *advertising );

🧚 ARGUMENTS 🧚

  • advertising — the linkmode advertisement settings 💖 like, this is the input, the vibe, the raw material she's working with

👑 DESCRIPTION 👑

So here's the tea ☕: she's a small helper function, and her whole job is translating linkmode advertisement settings into phy autonegotiation advertisements for the MII_ADVERTISE register. That's it! That's the whole function! Small but mighty, lowkey iconic, no cap 🔥

🔮 SEE ALSO 🔮

The kernel file lives at ./include/linux/mii.h and she keeps very good company — here's the whole friend group, fr fr 💜

ngl bestie, if you're messing with linkmode ↔ mii conversions, this whole little family is your main character energy support system 🫶

okay that's the whole page, mwah 💋 this lore drop comes from ./include/linux, dated October 2026, and she's filed under linkmode_adv_to_mii_adv_t(9) — go forth and autonegotiate, queen 👑💖

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