mdio_mii_ioctl(9)

✨ mdio_mii_ioctl(9) ✨

okay so this is a page from the Kernel API Manual bestie, and it's literally about the MII ioctl interface for MDIO PHYs — clause 22 or 45, she's versatile 💅

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🌸 NAME 🌸

mdio_mii_ioctl — the MII ioctl interface for MDIO (clause 22 or 45) PHYs 🦋

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🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

int mdio_mii_ioctl (const struct mdio_if_info *mdio , struct
mii_ioctl_data *mii_data , int cmd );

like, that's the whole signature, no cap ✨

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💖 ARGUMENTS 💖

• mdio — the MDIO interface 👑
• mii_data — the MII ioctl data structure 🎀
• cmd — the MII ioctl command ⭐

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

Returns 0 on success, negative on error. that's it, that's the vibe 😭 short and iconic, periodt 💀

ngl bestie, this one is a short page — don't go looking for hidden lore, there isn't any 🙈

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

in the kernel file ./drivers/net/mdio.c you'll find all her friends:

• mdio45_probe(9)
• mdio_set_flag(9)
• mdio45_links_ok(9)
• mdio45_nway_restart(9)
• mdio45_ethtool_ksettings_get_npage(9)

go say hi, they're all slaying in their own lanes 💜

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and that's the whole page! this one's from ./drivers/net, October 2026 — so mark your calendar bestie, future energy only 🧚⭐ 💖