mii_adv_to_ethtool_adv_x(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

okay so welcome to mii_adv_to_ethtool_adv_x(9), straight out of the Kernel API Manual. Grab your iced coffee, bestie — this one is a tiny kernel helper and it's lowkey iconic. 🧚💖

🎀 NAME 🎀

mii_adv_to_ethtool_adv_x(9)

That's the name. The NAME section has no extra description line, no cap — it's literally just the name sitting there looking cute. 💅

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

u32 mii_adv_to_ethtool_adv_x (u32 adv );

🫶 ARGUMENTS 🫶

  • adv — value of the MII_CTRL1000 register. That's the input, bestie. 🫶

💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

okay so picture this: mii_adv_to_ethtool_adv_x is a small helper function. Its whole gig is translating MII_CTRL1000 bits — when you're in 1000Base-X mode — into ethtool advertisement settings. That's it. That's the assignment. It's giving tiny translator bestie, and it ate. ✨

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

Kernel file: ./include/linux/mii.h — go peek, iykyk. Then here's the whole SEE ALSO friend group, in order:

💖 cute little sign-off: this page lives under ./include/linux, is dated October 2026, and is the mii_adv_to_ethtool_adv_x(9) page from the Kernel API Manual. Slay and goodbye, bestie. 🎀🌈

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