phy_ethtool_get_sset_count(9)

💖 phy_ethtool_get_sset_count — a Kernel API Manual moment 💖

okay so bestie, we're in the Kernel API Manual today and this page is genuinely a little celebrity. no cap, she's short, she's sweet, and she does exactly one thing. let's get into it 🎀

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🌸 NAME 🌸

phy_ethtool_get_sset_count — get the number of statistic counters ✨

like, that's the whole job. she counts the counters. iconic behavior honestly 💅

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

int phy_ethtool_get_sset_count (struct phy_device *phydev );

copy it exactly like that, spacing and all, i am not letting you get cute with it 🫶

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🌈 ARGUMENTS 🌈

• phydev — the phy_device struct 💜 that's the one and only thing she wants from you. hand her the phy_device and she's happy.

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⭐ SEE ALSO ⭐

the Kernel file ./drivers/net/phy/phy.c is where the lore lives, and here's the whole friend group (all of them are section 9, obviously). not me listing every single one because every detail stays, periodt 🔥

• 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_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_tx_clock_stop_capable(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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lowkey the shortest manpage ever and i'm obsessed with her for it. no filler, just vibes and a return value 💀💖

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mwah 💋 that's the whole page — brought to you from ./drivers/net/phy, dated October 2026, in the Kernel API Manual. go forth and count those counters, bestie 🌸🦋✨