mdio_driver_register(9)

💅 mdio_driver_register(9)

okay bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual — this one's a lil function called mdio_driver_register, and honestly? it does exactly what it says on the tin. no cap. ✨

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🌸 NAME 🌸

mdio_driver_register — registers an mdio_driver with the MDIO layer. that's it, that's the whole vibe. she's a one-job girlie and she ate 💅

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🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

int mdio_driver_register (struct mdio_driver *drv );

like, copy it exactly, okay? the spacing is iconic and we do not touch it 🙈

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💖 ARGUMENTS 💖

• drv — the brand-new mdio_driver you want to register. that's your main character right there 🫶

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⭐ RETURN ⭐

• Zero if it worked — slay, we're in 💚
• a negative error code on failure — not slay, something went wrong 😭

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🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

• Kernel file ./drivers/net/phy/mdio_device.c — go read the source, iykyk 📖
• mdio_device_register_reset(9)
• mdio_device_unregister_reset(9)
• mdio_device_register(9)
• mdio_device_remove(9)
• mdio_probe(9)

all the rest of the friend group, fr fr 🌈

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ngl if this returns something negative, don't just ignore it — check the error code, bestie. the kernel does not do "eh, close enough" 💀

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mwah, that's a wrap 🎀 this lil page lives in ./drivers/net/phy and it was dated October 2026 — yes, the future, she's ahead of her time 👑💜