STRUCT PHY_CONFIGURE_OPTS_LVDS(9)

💅 struct phy_configure_opts_lvds(9) — the Kernel API Manual, bestie edition

okay so this is a page from the Kernel API Manual, and it's literally all about one lil struct. yes bestie, a struct has its own man page. iconic behaviour tbh 🎀

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✨ NAME ✨

struct phy_configure_opts_lvds — the LVDS configuration set, aka the little bundle of settings that tells your LVDS phy how to behave 💖

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

here's the whole thing, no cap — exactly as it lives in the source:

struct phy_configure_opts_lvds {
    unsigned int    bits_per_lane_and_dclk_cycle;
    unsigned long   differential_clk_rate;
    unsigned int    lanes;
    bool is_slave;
 };

look at her. four members. flawless. 🦋

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👑 Members 👑

• bits_per_lane_and_dclk_cycle — how many bits you get per lane per differential clock cycle. it's an unsigned int, and it's giving "how much data fits in one tick" energy ✨
• differential_clk_rate — the clock rate of the LVDS differential clock, measured in Hertz. unsigned long, because numbers can be long, just like this explanation 😭
• lanes — how many active, consecutive, data lanes are being used for the transmissions. and the glow-up? they start from lane 0. always lane 0. no skipping lanes, that's not the vibe 🙈
• is_slave — a bool! it's true if the phy is a slave 🫶, meaning it works together with a master phy to support dual link transmission. otherwise it's just a regular phy, or a master phy. main character energy either way 💅

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🌈 Description 🌈

so like, this structure is used to represent the configuration state of a LVDS phy. that's it, that's the whole job. she holds the settings, she keeps them safe, she ate 🔥

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🎀 SEE ALSO 🎀

• Kernel file ./include/linux/phy/phy-lvds.h — go read it, iykyk 💜

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and that's the whole page bestie, you're so welcome 🧚

source/version: ./include/linux/phy  ·  date: October 2026 — mwah, go configure some phys, periodt 💅⭐🍓