sis900_mii_probe(9)

💖 sis900_mii_probe(9) 💖

okay so this is a page straight out of the Kernel API Manual, and honestly? it's a little one but it's a whole vibe. sit down bestie, we're gonna probe some PHYs 🧚✨

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✨ NAME ✨

sis900_mii_probe — literally just "Probe MII PHY for sis900" 🎀 that's the whole thing. short and iconic.

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

int sis900_mii_probe (struct net_device *net_dev );

yup. that's the signature. one argument, returns an int, no cap.

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🌸 ARGUMENTS 🌸

• net_dev — the net device to probe for 💅 this is the thing you're gonna go hunting through, so hand it over.

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💜 DESCRIPTION 💜

so the whole gig here is: it searches for a total of 32 possible mii phy addresses 🔥 like, thirty-two. it's checking every single one, main character energy.

if it finds one, it identifies it and sets it as the current phy ✨ slay. but if it fails to find one? it returns an error 😭 that's it, that's the function. no notes.

no fr, that's the entire description. sometimes the icon is short and that's fine 🫶

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

the kernel file is ./drivers/net/ethernet/sis/sis900.c and bestie, the friend group is huge. like genuinely enormous. here's everybody:

• sis900_get_mac_addr(9)
• sis630e_get_mac_addr(9)
• sis635_get_mac_addr(9)
• sis96x_get_mac_addr(9)
• sis900_probe(9)
• sis900_default_phy(9)
• sis900_set_capability(9)
• read_eeprom(9)
• mdio_read(9)
• mdio_write(9)
• sis900_reset_phy(9)
• sis900_open(9)
• sis900_init_rxfilter(9)
• sis900_init_tx_ring(9)
• sis900_init_rx_ring(9)
• sis630_set_eq(9)
• sis900_timer(9)
• sis900_check_mode(9)
• sis900_set_mode(9)
• sis900_auto_negotiate(9)
• sis900_read_mode(9)
• sis900_tx_timeout(9)
• sis900_start_xmit(9)
• sis900_interrupt(9)
• sis900_rx(9)
• sis900_finish_xmit(9)
• sis900_close(9)
• sis900_get_drvinfo(9)
• sis900_set_wol(9)
• mii_ioctl(9)
• sis900_set_config(9)
• sis900_mcast_bitnr(9)
• set_rx_mode(9)
• sis900_reset(9)
• sis900_remove(9)

like I said. whole crew. iykyk 💀

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and that's the page!! 🎀 brought to you by ./drivers/net/ethernet/sis and dated October 2026 — mwah, love u, bye bestie 💅💖🦋