phy_connect_direct(9)

💖 phy_connect_direct(9) 💖

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual — yes we're reading kernel docs together, this is our bonding era 🫶

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✨ NAME ✨

phy_connect_direct — connect an ethernet device to a specific phy_device

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

int phy_connect_direct (struct net_device *dev , struct phy_device
*phydev , void (*handler)(struct net_device *) , phy_interface_t
interface );

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• dev — the network device you're connecting, like the main character of this whole operation 👑
• phydev — the pointer to the phy device, i.e. the one you've already got your eye on, no searching required
• handler — callback function for state change notifications, so when stuff changes you get a little ping 💅
• interface — the PHY device's interface

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🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

Kernel file ./drivers/net/phy/phy_device.c, plus literally the whole friend group:

phy_uses_state_machine(9), phy_register_fixup(9), genphy_match_phy_device(9), get_phy_c45_ids(9), get_phy_c22_id(9), get_phy_device(9), phy_device_register(9), phy_device_remove(9), phy_get_c45_ids(9), phy_find_next(9), phy_prepare_link(9), phy_connect(9), phy_disconnect(9), phy_poll_reset(9), phy_sfp_connect_phy(9), phy_sfp_disconnect_phy(9), phy_sfp_attach(9), phy_sfp_detach(9), phy_sfp_probe(9), phy_attach_direct(9), phy_detach(9), phy_reset_after_clk_enable(9), genphy_config_advert(9), genphy_c37_config_advert(9), genphy_setup_forced(9), genphy_restart_aneg(9), genphy_check_and_restart_aneg(9), __genphy_config_aneg(9), genphy_c37_config_aneg(9), genphy_aneg_done(9), genphy_update_link(9), genphy_read_status_fixed(9), genphy_read_status(9), genphy_c37_read_status(9), genphy_soft_reset(9), genphy_read_abilities(9), phy_remove_link_mode(9), phy_advertise_supported(9), phy_advertise_eee_all(9), phy_support_eee(9), phy_disable_eee(9), phy_support_sym_pause(9), phy_support_asym_pause(9), phy_set_sym_pause(9), phy_set_asym_pause(9), phy_validate_pause(9), phy_get_pause(9), phy_get_internal_delay(9), phy_get_tx_amplitude_gain(9), phy_get_mac_termination(9), phy_get_sfp_port(9), fwnode_mdio_find_device(9), fwnode_phy_find_device(9), fwnode_get_phy_node(9), phy_probe(9), phy_driver_register(9)

like, that's a lot of friends but every single one of them is invited 💀

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ngl bestie, if you're here it's because you already know which phy you want. if you're still shopping around, that's a whole different manpage (iykyk) 🙈

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shoutout to ./drivers/net/phy, dated October 2026, for hosting this whole glow-up — mwah, love you, mean it 💜🍓