linkmode_adv...i_t1_adv_l_t(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 linkmode_adv_to_mii_t1_adv_l_t — a Kernel API Manual moment ✨

okay bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual 🎀 — this one's a tiny little helper function and honestly it's giving "small but iconic" energy. it lives in ./include/linux (that's the source, keep that in your back pocket) and the page is dated October 2026, iykyk 🦋.

🌸 NAME 🌸

linkmode_adv_to_mii_t1_adv_l_t —

and like... that's literally it?? the dash is just sitting there with nothing after it 😭 the manpage really said "name's enough, figure out the rest". no cap, that's the whole entry.

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

u32 linkmode_adv_to_mii_t1_adv_l_t (unsigned long *advertising );

that's the whole signature, copy it exactly, don't be weird about it 💅

🫶 ARGUMENTS 🫶

  • advertising — the linkmode advertisement settings 💖 that's it, that's the argument. it's a pointer to unsigned long, and it's carrying your advertisement settings.

🔥 DESCRIPTION 🔥

okay so picture this: it's a small helper function, right? and what it does is translate linkmode advertisement settings → into phy autonegotiation advertisements for the BASE-T1 Autonegotiation Advertisement [15:0] Register 🌈

that's the whole vibe. linkmode stuff goes in, BASE-T1 autoneg advertisement register bits come out, [15:0] and all, periodt. it's not doing anything extra, it's not being dramatic — it's a helper and it's thriving 🧚

lowkey obsessed with how a function with this many underscores does exactly one (1) thing. main character energy tbh 👑

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

the whole friend group 🫶 — every single one, no skipping:

like yes bestie, that's twenty of them and every single one made the list 🌟 (and yes, there are two that are near-twins of this page — linkmode_adv_to_mii_t1_adv_m_t(9) and mii_t1_adv_l_mod_linkmode_t(9) — go say hi to the family 💜)

⭐ okay that's the whole page!! shoutout to ./include/linux for hosting it and to October 2026 for the timestamp — mwah 💋 go translate some advertisements, bestie, you got this 🦋💖

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