mdio_device_register(9)

🦋 mdio_device_register(9) 🦋

okay bestie, this is the mdio_device_register(9) page from the Kernel API Manual, and it's giving "tiny but iconic." no cap, it's short, it's specific, and it's literally here to explain one registration moment. 💅

✨ NAME ✨

mdio_device_register — Register the mdio device on the MDIO bus. that's the whole vibe. 🎀

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

int mdio_device_register (struct mdio_device *mdiodev );

🫶 ARGUMENTS 🫶

• mdiodev — the mdio_device structure to be added to the MDIO bus. that's the one and only argument, bestie. ✨

💖 RETURN 💖

• 0 (zero) if successful. slay. ✅
• a negative error code on failure. 😭

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

• Kernel file ./drivers/net/phy/mdio_device.c
• mdio_device_register_reset(9)
• mdio_device_unregister_reset(9)
• mdio_device_remove(9)
• mdio_probe(9)
• mdio_driver_register(9)

mwah 💋 this cutie came from ./drivers/net/phy, dated October 2026, and it's literally the mdio_device_register(9) page. periodt. 🧚‍♀️