phy_check_link_status(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

✨ NAME ✨

Okurrr bestie, welcome to phy_check_link_status(9) — the kernel API manual page that checks link status and sets state accordingly 💖

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

int phy_check_link_status (struct phy_device *phydev );

🌸 ARGUMENTS 🌸

  • phydev — the phy_device struct, aka the little guy you're checking on 🫶

💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

So here's the tea: it checks for link and whether autoneg was triggered / is running, and sets state accordingly. That's the whole function, no cap ✨

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

Kernel file ./drivers/net/phy/phy.c — and the whole friend group is here:

Source/version: ./drivers/net/phy • date: October 2026 • manual name: phy_check_link_status(9) — bye bestie, go check that link 💅💖

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