phy_ethtool_set_wol(9)

💖 NAME 💖

ok so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual — this one is phy_ethtool_set_wol ✨ and it's literally all about Configure Wake On LAN 🎀

like, you're telling the PHY "hey girl, wake up the machine when the network pokes you" 👑 that's the whole vibe.

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

int phy_ethtool_set_wol (struct phy_device *phydev , struct
ethtool_wolinfo *wol );

it's giving int return, two args, no drama 💅

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• phydev — the target phy_device struct 🌸 like, the actual PHY you're talking to, she's the main character here
• wol — the Configuration requested 🦋 the ethtool_wolinfo struct carrying whatever WOL setup you're asking for

that's it. two args. slay 💅

ngl this page is short and I'm obsessed — no scary caveats, no weird defaults, nothing hidden. just phydev + wol + a return value 💖

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🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

ok so the kernel file to peep is ./drivers/net/phy/phy.c 👀 and here's the whole friend group, fr fr — every single one of these is linked from phy_ethtool_set_wol(9) and no I did not skip any of them 😭

• 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_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_get_wol(9)
• phy_ethtool_nway_reset(9)

and yeah — phy_ethtool_get_wol(9) is literally right there in the list, the setter's sibling 🫶 read them together, iykyk 💜

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ok bye bestie, this page came from ./drivers/net/phy and it's dated October 2026 🎀 go wake some LANs, periodt 💅✨🔥