phy_get_rate_matching(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 phy_get_rate_matching — a Kernel API Manual moment

okay so bestie, welcome to phy_get_rate_matching(9) — literally the glow-up check for whether your phy can do rate matching. it's a whole vibe, i promise. (this one lives in the Kernel API Manual, just so u know what u signed up for 🫶)

✨ NAME ✨

phy_get_rate_matching — figure out if rate matching is even a thing this phy supports, no cap

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

int phy_get_rate_matching (struct phy_device *phydev , phy_interface_t
iface );

like, that's the whole signature. she's short but she's serving 💅

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

  • phydev — the phy device we're getting rate matching info for. ur main character 🌟
  • iface — the interface mode to use. the vibe we're checking against ✨

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

so what she does is: this determines the type of rate matching (if any 😭) that the phy supports using iface.

and here's the cute part — iface may be PHY_INTERFACE_MODE_NA to determine if any interface supports rate matching. yes bestie, she'll check around for u 👑 lowkey a wingwoman.

💖 RETURN 💖

she returns the type of rate matching the phy supports for iface, or RATE_MATCH_NONE if there's nothing there. no crumbs. 💀

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

okay this is the part where the group chat goes off, because there are SO many siblings. all of these are in the kernel file ./drivers/net/phy/phy.c, and honestly? iconic lineup:

like… that's the whole friend group fr fr 🧚

ok and the lil sign-off at the bottom of the page says she comes from ./drivers/net/phy, dated October 2026, in the Kernel API Manual. so she's a certified kernel girlie with receipts 💜 periodt.
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