of_phy_get_and_connect(9)

💖 NAME 💖

of_phy_get_and_connect(9) — welcome to the Kernel API Manual, bestie 🫶. And honestly? The original NAME entry is literally just of_phy_get_and_connect - with the description left blank 😭. No cap, that's the whole vibe.

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

struct phy_device * of_phy_get_and_connect (struct net_device *dev ,
struct device_node *np , void (*hndlr)(struct net_device *) );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• dev — pointer to net_device claiming the phy 👑
• np — Pointer to device tree node for the net_device claiming the phy 🌸
• hndlr — Link state callback for the network device 💅

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

• Get phy node and connect to the phy described in the device tree 🌈

If successful, returns a pointer to the phy_device with the embedded struct device refcount incremented by one, or NULL on failure 💀. The refcount must be dropped by calling phy_disconnect or phy_detach — like, fr fr, don't forget this part 🫶.

⚠️ Bestie, that refcount is not decorative. It must be dropped with phy_disconnect or phy_detach, periodt.

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

Kernel file ./drivers/net/mdio/of_mdio.c — and the whole crew: __of_mdiobus_register(9), of_mdio_find_device(9), of_phy_find_device(9), of_phy_connect(9) ✨🦋

Signed off from ./drivers/net/mdio, dated October 2026 💜 — stay iconic, keep your refcounts tidy, and slay the device tree 🎀