phy_disconnect(9)

💅 phy_disconnect(9) — straight outta the Kernel API Manual, bestie ✨

okay so gather round, because phy_disconnect is that one function that shows up and goes: disable interrupts, stop the state machine, and detach a PHY device. that's the whole assignment, and it ate 💅 no cap.

🌸 NAME 🌸

phy_disconnect — literally disable interrupts, stop the state machine, and detach a PHY device. it's giving cleanup era, and honestly? iconic 🫶

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

here's the signature, bestie — copy it exactly, spaces and all:

void phy_disconnect (struct phy_device *phydev );

it returns void, so no return-value drama. periodt.

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• phydev — the target phy_device struct, i.e. the PHY device you're pointing at. this is the main character of the disconnect moment 💅

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

the kernel file is ./drivers/net/phy/phy_device.c, and the related API pages are all right here — no skips, no cap, the whole group chat:

• 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_direct(9), phy_connect(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)

okay that's the page, bestie 🫶 this one's signed off from the ./drivers/net/phy source/version corner, dated October 2026, under the phy_disconnect(9) header — now go disconnect responsibly 💖✨