phy_request_interrupt(9)

💖 phy_request_interrupt(9) 💖

okay bestie, so this is a page from the Kernel API Manual and it's about one little function that gets a PHY's interrupt situation cute and ready. no cap, it's giving "small function, big networking energy." 💅

🎀 NAME 🎀

phy_request_interrupt — request and enable the interrupt for a PHY device. that's the whole name vibe, fr fr.

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

void phy_request_interrupt (struct phy_device *phydev );

🌸 ARGUMENTS 🌸

• phydev — the target phy_device struct. literally the PHY device we're doing this for, bestie.

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

okay so what it does: it requests and enables the interrupt for the given PHY. if that whole request-and-enable thing fails, then we set irq to PHY_POLL. that's the fallback, periodt. 🔥

⚠️ this should only be called with a valid IRQ number. like please don't call it with a fake one, bestie. valid IRQ number or don't come to the function. 💀

👀 SEE ALSO 👀

Kernel file: ./drivers/net/phy/phy.c. and the whole friend group is:

• 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_queue_state_machine(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_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)

that's the whole list, iykyk 🫶

this page is serving source/version ./drivers/net/phy and the date October 2026. bye bestie, go request those interrupts responsibly 💋✨