phylink_start(9)

🦋 phylink_start(9): Kernel API Manual 🦋

hiii bestie 💖 this is the page for phylink_start(9) from the Kernel API Manual, and it's genuinely giving “small function, important job” energy ✨

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🌸 NAME 🌸

phylink_start — start a phylink instance

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

void phylink_start (struct phylink *pl );

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• pl — a pointer to a struct phylink returned from phylink_create. yes bestie, that exact one 💅

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💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

okay so phylink_start starts the phylink instance specified by pl. it configures the MAC for the desired link mode(s) and negotiation style. that's the assignment, no cap 🫶

the manual says this should be called from the network device driver's struct net_device_ops ndo_open method. so like, that's where it belongs — ndo_open is the main character here 👑

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

the whole bestie squad for phylink_start(9) — all these references are literally right here, not me skipping any 🙈

• Kernel file ./drivers/net/phy/phylink.c — struct phylink(9)
• phylink_set_port_modes(9)
• phylink_interface_max_speed(9)
• phylink_caps_to_link_caps(9)
• phylink_caps_to_linkmodes(9)
• phylink_limit_mac_speed(9)
• phylink_cap_from_speed_duplex(9)
• phylink_get_capabilities(9)
• phylink_validate_mask_caps(9)
• phylink_pcs_neg_mode(9)
• phylink_set_fixed_link(9)
• phylink_create(9)
• phylink_destroy(9)
• phylink_expects_phy(9)
• phylink_connect_phy(9)
• phylink_of_phy_connect(9)
• phylink_fwnode_phy_connect(9)
• phylink_disconnect_phy(9)
• phylink_mac_change(9)
• phylink_pcs_change(9)
• phylink_stop(9)
• phylink_rx_clk_stop_block(9)
• phylink_rx_clk_stop_unblock(9)
• phylink_suspend(9)
• phylink_prepare_resume(9)
• phylink_resume(9)
• phylink_ethtool_get_wol(9)
• phylink_ethtool_set_wol(9)
• phylink_ethtool_ksettings_get(9)
• phylink_ethtool_ksettings_set(9)
• phylink_ethtool_nway_reset(9)
• phylink_ethtool_get_pauseparam(9)
• phylink_ethtool_set_pauseparam(9)
• phylink_get_eee_err(9)
• phylink_ethtool_get_eee(9)
• phylink_ethtool_set_eee(9)
• phylink_mii_ioctl(9)
• phylink_speed_down(9)
• phylink_speed_up(9)
• phylink_decode_usxgmii_word(9)
• phylink_decode_usgmii_word(9)
• phylink_mii_c22_pcs_decode_state(9)
• phylink_mii_c22_pcs_get_state(9)
• phylink_mii_c22_pcs_encode_advertisement(9)
• phylink_mii_c22_pcs_config(9)
• phylink_mii_c22_pcs_an_restart(9)
• phylink_replay_link_begin(9)
• phylink_replay_link_end(9)

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mwah 💋 that's the whole page. it lives under ./drivers/net/phy, it's dated October 2026, and it's phylink_start(9) — bye bestie, go slay your ndo_open 🔥🫶