phy_get_mac_termination(9)

✨ NAME ✨

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual page for phy_get_mac_termination(9) — yeah that's a mouthful, i know 😭 — and it's literally just here to tell you that this function stores MAC termination in @val. that's it. that's the whole vibe. short king behavior fr 💅

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

int phy_get_mac_termination (struct phy_device *phydev , struct device
*dev , u32 *val );

like. look at her. she's an int, she takes three args, she's doing her little thing ✨

🌸 ARGUMENTS 🌸

• phydev — the phy_device struct. the main character of this whole situation, honestly 👑
• dev — a pointer to the devices device struct. yes, the devices device struct, that's really what it's called, i don't make the rules 🫶
• val — the MAC termination. this is where the tea gets stored 🍓

🔥 RETURN 🔥

• 0 on success — we love a zero, we stan a zero, no notes 💖
• < 0 on failure — and if it's negative, something went wrong, bestie, sorry to report 😭

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

this is the part where i show you the whole extended friend group 💀 literally everyone gets an invite. the kernel file where this lives is ./drivers/net/phy/phy_device.c, and here's the full squad, in exactly the order the manpage handed them to me:

• 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_disconnect(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_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!! 🎀 this little cutie lives over in ./drivers/net/phy, and the manual is dated October 2026 — so like, future girlie energy 🌈 anyway mwah, go read the rest of the kernel docs, i'm obsessed with you, bye bestie 💜🦋