mii_init(9)

🌸 mii_init(9) — Kernel API Manual, bestie edition 🌸

okay so this is the page for mii_init(9), a kernel API function, and it's honestly pretty short but it does something important so let's give it the respect it deserves 💅

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

void mii_init (struct velocity_info *vptr , u32 mii_status );

like, copy that exactly, no cap, the spacing is part of the vibe 🫶

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• vptr — the velocity adapter. yes that's the actual name. it's giving 2003 but we love her 🌈
• mii_status — the link status. (the manpage literally spells it "links tatus" and honestly? iconic. we're keeping it, typo and all 😭) 🍓

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💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

okay so here's the whole thing: mii_init sets up the PHY for the current link state ✨

that's it. that's the function. short king behavior tbh 👑

if you're sitting here waiting for extra lore, there isn't any on this page — the function does the one job and it does it. go check SEE ALSO if you want the full cinematic universe 🦋

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

📁 the file it lives in

Kernel file ./drivers/net/ethernet/via/via-velocity.c — that's the whole source, bestie, go read it 💜

🧚 the friend group (all of it, every single one, i'm not skipping anyone)

• mac_get_cam_mask(9)
• mac_set_cam_mask(9)
• mac_set_cam(9)
• mac_wol_reset(9)
• get_chip_name(9)
• velocity_set_int_opt(9)
• velocity_set_bool_opt(9)
• velocity_get_options(9)
• velocity_init_cam_filter(9)
• velocity_rx_reset(9)
• velocity_get_opt_media_mode(9)
• safe_disable_mii_autopoll(9)
• enable_mii_autopoll(9)
• velocity_mii_read(9)
• mii_check_media_mode(9)
• velocity_mii_write(9)
• set_mii_flow_control(9)
• mii_set_auto_on(9)
• velocity_set_media_mode(9)
• velocity_print_link_status(9)
• enable_flow_control_ability(9)
• velocity_soft_reset(9)
• velocity_set_multi(9)
• setup_queue_timers(9)
• setup_adaptive_interrupts(9)
• velocity_init_registers(9)
• velocity_init_dma_rings(9)
• velocity_alloc_rx_buf(9)
• velocity_free_rd_ring(9)
• velocity_init_rd_ring(9)
• velocity_init_td_ring(9)
• velocity_free_dma_rings(9)
• velocity_free_tx_buf(9)
• velocity_free_td_ring(9)
• velocity_error(9)
• velocity_tx_srv(9)
• velocity_rx_csum(9)
• velocity_rx_copy(9)
• velocity_iph_realign(9)
• velocity_receive_frame(9)
• velocity_rx_srv(9)
• velocity_intr(9)
• velocity_open(9)
• velocity_shutdown(9)
• velocity_change_mtu(9)
• velocity_poll_controller(9)
• velocity_mii_ioctl(9)
• velocity_ioctl(9)
• velocity_get_stats(9)
• velocity_close(9)
• velocity_xmit(9)
• velocity_init_info(9)
• velocity_get_pci_info(9)
• velocity_get_platform_info(9)
• velocity_print_info(9)
• velocity_probe(9)
• velocity_remove(9)
• wol_calc_crc(9)
• velocity_set_wol(9)
• velocity_save_context(9)
• velocity_restore_context(9)
• velocity_ethtool_up(9)
• velocity_ethtool_down(9)
• velocity_init_module(9)
• velocity_cleanup_module(9)

like yes that's a lot of besties. that's the whole via-velocity extended universe and we are NOT leaving anyone out of the group chat 💀💖

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and that's the page!! source/version is ./drivers/net/ethernet/via and it's dated October 2026 — so mark your calendars, mwah, go set up that PHY, slay 🌟💅🦋