phy_support_sym_pause(9)

💖 phy_support_sym_pause(9) 💖

okay bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual entry for phy_support_sym_pause(9) — she's short, she's sweet, and she's literally all about symmetrical Pause. periodt. 💅

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✨ NAME ✨

phy_support_sym_pause — enable support of symmetrical pause 🎀

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

void phy_support_sym_pause (struct phy_device *phydev );

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🌸 ARGUMENTS 🌸

• phydev — the target phy_device struct. that's the whole argument list, bestie, no hidden extras 🫶

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💜 DESCRIPTION 💜

So here's the vibe: the MAC calls this to indicate that it supports symmetrical Pause, but not asym pause. that's it. that's the function. no cap. ✨

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🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

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

• phy_uses_state_machine(9), phy_register_fixup(9), genphy_match_phy_device(9), get_phy_c45_ids(9), get_phy_c22_id(9)
• get_phy_device(9), phy_device_register(9), phy_device_remove(9), phy_get_c45_ids(9), phy_find_next(9)
• phy_prepare_link(9), phy_connect_direct(9), phy_connect(9), phy_disconnect(9), phy_poll_reset(9)
• phy_sfp_connect_phy(9), phy_sfp_disconnect_phy(9), phy_sfp_attach(9), phy_sfp_detach(9), phy_sfp_probe(9)
• phy_attach_direct(9), phy_detach(9), phy_reset_after_clk_enable(9), genphy_config_advert(9), genphy_c37_config_advert(9)
• genphy_setup_forced(9), genphy_restart_aneg(9), genphy_check_and_restart_aneg(9), __genphy_config_aneg(9), genphy_c37_config_aneg(9)
• genphy_aneg_done(9), genphy_update_link(9), genphy_read_status_fixed(9), genphy_read_status(9), genphy_c37_read_status(9)
• genphy_soft_reset(9), genphy_read_abilities(9), phy_remove_link_mode(9), phy_advertise_supported(9), phy_advertise_eee_all(9)
• phy_support_eee(9), phy_disable_eee(9), phy_support_asym_pause(9), phy_set_sym_pause(9), phy_set_asym_pause(9)
• phy_validate_pause(9), phy_get_pause(9), phy_get_internal_delay(9), phy_get_tx_amplitude_gain(9), phy_get_mac_termination(9)
• phy_get_sfp_port(9), fwnode_mdio_find_device(9), fwnode_phy_find_device(9), fwnode_get_phy_node(9), phy_probe(9)
• phy_driver_register(9)

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signed off from source/version ./drivers/net/phy, dated October 2026, still serving phy_support_sym_pause(9) realness 💖✨🎀