phy_speed_to_str(9)

💅 phy_speed_to_str(9) 💅

Okay bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual, and today's main character is phy_speed_to_str(9). Buckle up 🎀

✨ NAME ✨

phy_speed_to_str — returns a string that represents the PHY link speed. That's it, that's the whole job, and she does it flawlessly 👑

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

const char * phy_speed_to_str (int speed );

🌸 ARGUMENTS 🌸

• speed — the speed of the link. hand it the number, get a string back, no notes 💖

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

So there's a whole little friend group here, and honestly? Obsessed. The kernel file living its best life at ./drivers/net/phy/phy-core.c and these icons right here:

• phy_duplex_to_str(9)
• phy_rate_matching_to_str(9)
• phy_fix_phy_mode_for_mac_delays(9)
• phy_interface_num_ports(9)
• phy_set_max_speed(9)
• of_set_phy_timing_role(9)
• phy_resolve_aneg_pause(9)
• phy_resolve_aneg_linkmode(9)
• phy_check_downshift(9)
• __phy_read_mmd(9)
• phy_read_mmd(9)
• __phy_write_mmd(9)
• phy_write_mmd(9)
• phy_modify_changed(9)
• __phy_modify(9)
• phy_modify(9)
• __phy_modify_mmd_changed(9)
• phy_modify_mmd_changed(9)
• __phy_modify_mmd(9)
• phy_modify_mmd(9)
• phy_save_page(9)
• phy_select_page(9)
• phy_restore_page(9)
• phy_read_paged(9)
• phy_write_paged(9)
• phy_modify_paged_changed(9)
• phy_modify_paged(9)

not a single one skipped, we respect every single member of the squad 🫶

✨ and that's the page! shoutout to ./drivers/net/phy for housing all this, and to October 2026 for the date stamp — literally iconic, no cap. bye bestie, go read some more kernel docs 💜🍓