pcs_disable(9)

💅 pcs_disable(9) — the Kernel API Manual, but make it cute

okay so bestie, we're in the pcs_disable(9) page today ✨ it lives in the Kernel API Manual (section 9, the kernel-functions one, iykyk) and honestly it's a short one — short but iconic, the way a single-line bop can still be the song of the summer 💖

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✨ NAME ✨

pcs_disable — literally just: disable the PCS. that's the whole assignment. no cap 🫶

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🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

void pcs_disable (struct phylink_pcs *pcs );

notice how it returns void? she gives nothing back, she simply does 💅 and she takes exactly one thing: a struct phylink_pcs * named pcs. periodt.

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• pcs — a pointer to a struct phylink_pcs. that's it. that's the whole argument list. one (1) pointer, and she's the main character of this entire page 🌸

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🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

okay this is where it gets loud, because the whole phylink friend group shows up. the kernel file to go look at is ./include/linux/phylink.h, and the full squad is:

• struct phylink_link_state(9)
• struct phylink_config(9)
• struct phylink_mac_ops(9)
• mac_get_caps(9)
• mac_select_pcs(9)
• mac_prepare(9)
• mac_config(9)
• mac_finish(9)
• mac_link_down(9)
• mac_link_up(9)
• mac_disable_tx_lpi(9)
• mac_enable_tx_lpi(9)
• mac_wol_set(9)
• struct phylink_pcs(9)
• struct phylink_pcs_ops(9)
• pcs_validate(9)
• pcs_inband_caps(9)
• pcs_enable(9)
• pcs_get_state(9)
• pcs_config(9)
• pcs_an_restart(9)
• pcs_link_up(9)
• pcs_disable_eee(9)
• pcs_enable_eee(9)
• pcs_pre_init(9)
• phylink_get_link_timer_ns(9)
• phylink_mac_implements_lpi(9)

like, that's a whole group chat in there 😭 read them, they're all part of the same lore 🧚

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quick vibe check: this page is the manual for pcs_disable, and pcs_enable(9) is right there in SEE ALSO if you need the other half of the story 🔥

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and that's the whole page, bestie — genuinely a short king 👑 this one came from ./include/linux, from the October 2026 drop, and it's filed under pcs_disable(9) in the Kernel API Manual. slay, go disable a PCS responsibly 💜🎀