phy_queue_state_machine(9)

💖 NAME 💖

phy_queue_state_machine — trigger the state machine to run soon ✨ (yes bestie, that's the whole vibe: it queues the thing up so it runs soon, periodt)

So like, quick context first — this page is from the Kernel API Manual, section 9, and the star of the show is phy_queue_state_machine. Ngl it does exactly what it says on the tin 🎀

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

void phy_queue_state_machine (struct phy_device *phydev , unsigned long
jiffies );

🌸 ARGUMENTS 🌸

• phydev — the phy_device struct 💅 like, the actual PHY device you're working with
• jiffies — run the state machine after these jiffies ⏰ that's your "how soon" knob, measured in jiffies

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

Everything lives in the kernel file ./drivers/net/phy/phy.c, and here's the whole friend group — literally all of them, no gatekeeping 👑

• 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_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_set_wol(9)
• phy_ethtool_get_wol(9)
• phy_ethtool_nway_reset(9)

okay that's the whole page, you ate that 💅✨ this iconic little number comes to you from ./drivers/net/phy, dated October 2026, and it's part of the Kernel API Manual — go read it and slay 🫶🎀