stmmac_init_phy(9)

stmmac_init_phy(9) — Kernel API Manual, but make it bestie-core 💅

okay so you opened stmmac_init_phy(9) from the Kernel API Manual, and honestly? iconic. This is the PHY-init page, and we’re gonna read it together like we’re decoding the group chat. no cap. 🫶

🌸 NAME 🌸

stmmac_init_phy — PHY initialization. That’s the whole name, bestie, and it ate. ✨

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

int stmmac_init_phy (struct net_device *dev );

🫶 ARGUMENTS 🫶

• dev — net device structure. That’s the one and only argument, and yes she is required. 💖

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

okay so here’s the vibe: it initializes the driver’s PHY state, and attaches the PHY to the mac driver. Return value: 0 on success. periodt. 🌟

👀 SEE ALSO 👀

first up, the kernel file itself:

• ./drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c

and now the whole stmmac cinematic universe, because we do not skip the lore 🎬✨

• stmmac_set_clk_tx_rate(9)
• stmmac_axi_blen_to_mask(9)
• stmmac_verify_args(9)
• stmmac_disable_all_queues(9)
• stmmac_enable_all_queues(9)
• stmmac_rx_dirty(9)
• stmmac_try_to_start_sw_lpi(9)
• stmmac_stop_sw_lpi(9)
• stmmac_eee_ctrl_timer(9)
• stmmac_hwtstamp_set(9)
• stmmac_hwtstamp_get(9)
• stmmac_init_tstamp_counter(9)
• stmmac_init_timestamping(9)
• stmmac_mac_flow_ctrl(9)
• stmmac_check_pcs_mode(9)
• stmmac_clear_rx_descriptors(9)
• stmmac_clear_tx_descriptors(9)
• stmmac_clear_descriptors(9)
• stmmac_init_rx_buffers(9)
• stmmac_free_rx_buffer(9)
• stmmac_free_tx_buffer(9)
• dma_free_rx_skbufs(9)
• dma_free_rx_xskbufs(9)
• __init_dma_rx_desc_rings(9)
• __init_dma_tx_desc_rings(9)
• init_dma_desc_rings(9)
• dma_free_tx_skbufs(9)
• stmmac_free_tx_skbufs(9)
• __free_dma_rx_desc_resources(9)
• __free_dma_tx_desc_resources(9)
• __alloc_dma_rx_desc_resources(9)
• __alloc_dma_tx_desc_resources(9)
• alloc_dma_desc_resources(9)
• free_dma_desc_resources(9)
• stmmac_mac_enable_rx_queues(9)
• stmmac_start_rx_dma(9)
• stmmac_start_tx_dma(9)
• stmmac_stop_rx_dma(9)
• stmmac_stop_tx_dma(9)
• stmmac_start_all_dma(9)
• stmmac_stop_all_dma(9)
• stmmac_dma_operation_mode(9)
• stmmac_tx_clean(9)
• stmmac_tx_err(9)
• stmmac_set_dma_operation_mode(9)
• stmmac_dma_interrupt(9)
• stmmac_mmc_setup(9)
• stmmac_get_hw_features(9)
• stmmac_check_ether_addr(9)
• stmmac_init_dma_engine(9)
• stmmac_tx_timer(9)
• stmmac_init_coalesce(9)
• stmmac_set_tx_queue_weight(9)
• stmmac_configure_cbs(9)
• stmmac_rx_queue_dma_chan_map(9)
• stmmac_mac_config_rx_queues_prio(9)
• stmmac_mac_config_tx_queues_prio(9)
• stmmac_mac_config_rx_queues_routing(9)
• stmmac_mtl_configuration(9)
• stmmac_hw_setup(9)
• stmmac_setup_dma_desc(9)
• __stmmac_open(9)
• stmmac_release(9)
• stmmac_tso_allocator(9)
• stmmac_tso_xmit(9)
• stmmac_has_ip_ethertype(9)
• stmmac_xmit(9)
• stmmac_rx_refill(9)
• stmmac_rx(9)
• stmmac_tx_timeout(9)
• stmmac_set_rx_mode(9)
• stmmac_change_mtu(9)
• stmmac_interrupt(9)
• stmmac_ioctl(9)
• stmmac_hw_init(9)
• stmmac_dvr_probe(9)
• stmmac_dvr_remove(9)
• stmmac_suspend(9)
• stmmac_reset_queues_param(9)
• stmmac_resume(9)

and that’s the page, bestie 🎀 it’s from the Kernel API Manual, and the footer’s source/version line points at ./drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro... with the date October 2026. stmmac_init_phy(9) signing off — slay responsibly 💅✨