phy_exit(9)

💅 phy_exit — Phy internal un-initialization ✨

Hiiii bestie 🫶 so this is phy_exit(9) from the Kernel API Manual, and ngl it's the "okay we're done here, wrap it up" function for a phy. Think of it as the un-init era of the phy lifecycle. Let's get into it 💖

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

int phy_exit (struct phy *phy );

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• phy — the phy that came back from phy_get. iykyk, it's the same one you grabbed earlier 💅

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✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

So like… you must call this after phy_power_off. No skipping, bestie 😭 it's literally in the rules. Power it off first, then exit. The vibes are sequential, periodt 💀

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🔥 RETURN 🔥

Returns 0 if everything slayed successfully ✨ — and if it didn't? It hands back a negative error code. Not a great vibe check, but at least it's honest 🥲

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

Kernel file ./drivers/phy/phy-core.c plus the whole phy friend group 🦋:

• phy_create_lookup(9)
• phy_remove_lookup(9)
• phy_init(9)
• phy_power_on(9)
• phy_power_off(9)
• phy_calibrate(9)
• phy_notify_connect(9)
• phy_notify_disconnect(9)
• phy_notify_state(9)
• phy_configure(9)
• phy_validate(9)
• _of_phy_get(9)
• of_phy_get(9)
• of_phy_put(9)
• phy_put(9)
• devm_phy_put(9)
• of_phy_simple_xlate(9)
• phy_get(9)
• devm_phy_get(9)
• devm_phy_optional_get(9)
• devm_of_phy_get(9)
• devm_of_phy_optional_get(9)
• devm_of_phy_get_by_index(9)
• phy_create(9)
• devm_phy_create(9)
• phy_destroy(9)
• devm_phy_destroy(9)
• __of_phy_provider_register(9)
• __devm_of_phy_provider_register(9)
• of_phy_provider_unregister(9)
• devm_of_phy_provider_unregister(9)
• phy_release(9)

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Okay that's the whole thing, bestie 🧚💜 no cap, you're now a phy-exit expert. This manual page lived in ./drivers/phy and was dated October 2026 — iconic of it honestly 🌈⭐ go forth and un-initialize responsibly 💅🎀