phy_notify_connect(9)

💫 phy_notify_connect(9) 💫

ok so we're in the Kernel API Manual bestie, and today's main character is phy_notify_connect — the little function that tells your phy "hey, somebody plugged in" 🎀

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🌸 NAME 🌸

phy_notify_connect — phy connect notification. that's it, that's the vibe ✨

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

int phy_notify_connect (struct phy *phy , int port );

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💜 ARGUMENTS 💜

• phy — the phy. which phy? the one you got back from phy_get 💅 like, that exact one, don't be out here guessing.
• port — the port index for connect 🍓 that's the number that tells it which port we're talking about.

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🌈 DESCRIPTION 🌈

okay so here's the tea ☕ — if the phy needs to get its connection status, this callback is the thing you reach for. that's it. that's the whole description. iconic of it honestly 👑

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⭐ RETURN ⭐

0 if it slayed (successful) ✅ — otherwise a negative error code, which is the kernel's way of saying "nope 😭" 💀

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🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

the whole friend group, fr fr — plus the kernel file ./drivers/phy/phy-core.c where it all lives 🫶

• phy_create_lookup(9)
• phy_remove_lookup(9)
• phy_init(9)
• phy_exit(9)
• phy_power_on(9)
• phy_power_off(9)
• phy_calibrate(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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ok that's the whole page, go touch some grass (or a phy) 🌱💖

sign-off szn: this lil beauty comes from ./drivers/phy and it's dated October 2026 — no cap, put it in your calendar 🎀✨