sxgbe_init_phy(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💖 NAME 💖

sxgbe_init_phy — PHY initialization, bestie. That's the whole vibe. It's giving "wake up the physical layer and make it slay" ✨

So you're in the Kernel API Manual (yes, the actual manual, we're fancy now 👑) and this little function right here is the one that gets the PHY situation going. Let's get into it 🫶

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

int sxgbe_init_phy (struct net_device *ndev );

Literally exactly that. One argument, one int coming back at you. No cap 💅

🌸 ARGUMENTS 🌸

  • ndev — the net device structure 🎀 Like, the whole network device herself. Main character energy. She's the one getting her PHY state set up, so treat her right.

✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

Okay so picture this: sxgbe_init_phy initializes the driver's PHY state, and then it attaches the PHY to the mac driver. That's it, that's the whole job. Lowkey simple, highkey essential 🔥

Return value? 0 on success. Periodt. ⭐

ngl if you were hoping for a spicy list of failure codes, bestie, the manpage doesn't give us one — so we're not making anything up 🙈

🧚 SEE ALSO 🧚

Oh we are so not done, there's a whole friend group here 💜 First up, the kernel file where all this lives:

  • Kernel file ./drivers/net/ethernet/samsung/sxgbe/sxgbe_main.c

And now the squad, in order, no skipping, because everyone deserves their moment 🎀

That's the whole group chat, all present and accounted for 🌈 iykyk.

And that's the page, bestie 🫶 This cutie came from source ./drivers/net/ethernet/samsung... and it's dated October 2026 — so yeah, she's fresh, she's iconic, and she's sxgbe_init_phy(9) forever 💅💖

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