phy_eee_tx_...stop_capable(9)

🌸 NAME 🌸

okay bestie, welcome to phy_eee_tx_...stop_capable(9) from the Kernel API Manual 💖 — this one is literally phy_eee_tx_clock_stop_capable, and it tells you whether the MAC can stop the tx clock. No cap, that’s the whole vibe.

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

the signature is giving “small function, important answer” 💅

int phy_eee_tx_clock_stop_capable (struct phy_device *phydev );

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• phydev — the target phy_device struct 🫶

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💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

Indicate whether the MAC can disable the transmit xMII clock while it’s in LPI state. It returns 1 if the MAC may stop the transmit clock, 0 if the MAC must not stop the transmit clock, or a negative error. periodt 💜

so real: 1 = yes she may stop it, 0 = nope she must not stop it, and a negative error is the “something went wrong” girlie 😭

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🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

Kernel file ./drivers/net/phy/phy.c has the whole cross-ref crew, and they’re all here 👑:

• phy_print_status(9), phy_get_rate_matching(9), phy_config_interrupt(9), phy_restart_aneg(9)
• phy_aneg_done(9), phy_supported_speeds(9), phy_check_valid(9)
• phy_sanitize_settings(9), phy_mii_ioctl(9), phy_do_ioctl(9)
• phy_do_ioctl_running(9), __phy_hwtstamp_get(9), __phy_hwtstamp_set(9)
• phy_queue_state_machine(9), phy_trigger_machine(9)
• phy_ethtool_get_strings(9), phy_ethtool_get_sset_count(9)
• phy_ethtool_get_stats(9), __phy_ethtool_get_phy_stats(9)
• __phy_ethtool_get_link_ext_stats(9), phy_ethtool_get_plca_cfg(9)
• plca_check_valid(9), phy_ethtool_set_plca_cfg(9)
• phy_ethtool_get_plca_status(9), phy_start_cable_test(9)
• phy_start_cable_test_tdr(9), phy_check_link_status(9)
• phy_inband_caps(9), phy_config_inband(9), _phy_start_aneg(9)
• phy_start_aneg(9), phy_speed_down(9), phy_speed_up(9)
• phy_start_machine(9), phy_stop_machine(9), phy_error(9)
• phy_write_barrier(9), phy_disable_interrupts(9), phy_interrupt(9)
• phy_enable_interrupts(9), phy_update_stats(9), phy_request_interrupt(9)
• phy_free_interrupt(9), phy_get_next_update_time(9)
• phy_state_machine(9), phy_stop(9), phy_start(9), phy_mac_interrupt(9)
• phy_loopback(9), phy_eee_rx_clock_stop(9), phy_init_eee(9)
• phy_get_eee_err(9), phy_ethtool_get_eee(9)
• phy_ethtool_set_eee_noneg(9), phy_ethtool_set_eee(9)
• phy_ethtool_set_wol(9), phy_ethtool_get_wol(9)
• phy_ethtool_nway_reset(9)

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byeee, xoxo from ./drivers/net/phy, October 2026, on the phy_eee_tx_...stop_capable(9) page 💖✨🫶