phy_reset_after_clk_enable(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 phy_reset_after_clk_enable(9) 💅

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual — this one's a lil' function from the networking/PHY corner of the kernel and honestly it's giving "small but does exactly what it says on the tin" 🎀

✨ NAME ✨

phy_reset_after_clk_enable — perform a PHY reset if needed 💫

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

int phy_reset_after_clk_enable (struct phy_device *phydev );

🌸 ARGUMENTS 🌸

  • phydev — the target phy_device struct, i.e. the PHY you're doing all this for 🫶

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

So, some PHYs are known to need a reset after their refclk was enabled — like, that's just their whole personality, no cap. This function evaluates the flags and performs the reset if it's needed. Periodt. ✨

It returns:

  • < 0 on error 😭
  • 0 if the phy wasn't reset 🙈
  • 1 if the phy was reset 🔥

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

Kernel file ./drivers/net/phy/phy_device.c — and bestie, here's the whole squad, all of them, no skips:

💀 reminder babe: this is generated kernel-doc from ./drivers/net/phy, so the vibe is fun but the semantics are absolutely the real ones.

mwah 💋 that's the whole page — sourced from ./drivers/net/phy, dated October 2026. go reset some PHYs, you've got this 🧚✨

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