mxl86110_set_wol(9)

πŸ“¦ version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

πŸ’– mxl86110_set_wol β€” NAME πŸ’–

okay so basically this is mxl86110_set_wol β€” it enables/disables wake-on-lan, which is literally the function's whole personality. From the Kernel API Manual, section 9. Bestie, this is the little gremlin that flips the WOL switch 🫢


✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

int mxl86110_set_wol (struct phy_device *phydev , struct ethtool_wolinfo
*wol );

like, that's the whole signature. slay. it returns an int and takes two pointers, no cap πŸ’…


πŸŽ€ ARGUMENTS πŸŽ€

  • phydev β€” a pointer to the struct phy_device. yes, the phy device. the main character here πŸ‘‘
  • wol β€” a pointer to a struct ethtool_wolinfo. that's where the wol info lives, obviously πŸ’–

πŸ¦‹ DESCRIPTION πŸ¦‹

so what does it actually do? it configures the WOL Magic Packet MAC ✨ that's it, that's the vibe. Magic Packet MAC configuring era fr fr.

highkey iconic that a function can be this focused. no side quests, no drama, it just configures that Magic Packet MAC and leaves 🌸


⭐ RETURN ⭐

  • 0 β€” or a negative errno code 😭

like, you get 0 and you're living your best life, or you get a negative errno code and it's giving error vibes. that's the whole deal πŸ’€


🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

that's the whole friend group right there πŸ”₯ go read all of them, iykyk πŸ’œ


ok that's the page!! mwah πŸ’‹

and finally, the cute lil sign-off: this whole thing lives under ./drivers/net/phy, and it's dated October 2026. bestie we are literally reading from the future β­πŸ¦‹πŸ’–

πŸ“¦ where this page comes from