phy_caps_me...om_linkmodes(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

okay so bestie, this one is straight out of the Kernel API Manual and it's literally just a little translator function — you hand it linkmodes, it hands you back mediums. that's the whole vibe. let's get into it 💅

✨ NAME ✨

phy_caps_mediums_from_linkmodes — get all the mediums out of a linkmodes list, no cap 🫶

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

u32 phy_caps_mediums_from_linkmodes (unsigned long *linkmodes );

like yes that's the entire signature, she's lowkey tiny but she's doing her job 💖

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

  • linkmodes — a bitset of linkmodes, and that's what we're pulling the mediums from. that's it, that's the whole input 🦋

⭐ RETURN ⭐

a u32 bitset of ETHTOOL_MEDIUM_XXX values, and it corresponds to all the medium types chillin' in the linkmodes list. every single one. she's thorough like that 👑

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

kernel file ./drivers/net/phy/phy_caps.c — that's where the magic lives, go look 👀

the whole friend group, in order bestie:

ngl the header on this one is literally phy_caps_me...om_linkmodes(9) — truncated mid-word and everything 😭 iconic behavior, we love a dramatic ellipsis

and that's the whole page, bestie!! 🧚💜 this lil guy lives in ./drivers/net/phy and the page is dated October 2026 — mwah, go forth and convert your linkmodes 🌈💅

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