UNION PHY_CONFIGURE_OPTS(9)

🌈 union phy_configure_opts(9) — bestie edition 🌈

okay so this is from the Kernel API Manual, and it's literally the union phy_configure_opts page — the Opaque generic phy configuration one 💅 yeah. it's a union, she's a shapeshifter, and she holds the config for whichever PHY mode you're vibing with. let's get into it ✨

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✨ NAME ✨

union phy_configure_opts — opaque generic phy configuration 🦋

like, "opaque" bestie. you don't peek under her hood, you just pass her along. main character energy fr fr.

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🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

union phy_configure_opts {
    struct phy_configure_opts_mipi_dphy     mipi_dphy;
    struct phy_configure_opts_dp            dp;
    struct phy_configure_opts_lvds          lvds;
    struct phy_configure_opts_hdmi          hdmi;
 };

one union, four member structs, zero chill. pick your fighter 👑

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💖 Members 💖

• mipi_dphy — the configuration set that's applicable for phys supporting the MIPI_DPHY phy mode 🌸 she's the MIPI girlie.
• dp — the configuration set that's applicable for phys supporting the DisplayPort protocol 🖥️✨ yes, the whole protocol, she contains multitudes.
• lvds — the configuration set that's applicable for phys supporting the LVDS phy mode 💜 low-voltage differential slay.
• hdmi — the configuration set that's applicable for phys supporting the HDMI phy mode 🎬 plug it in, it's giving display.

ok and the whole point of the union is that only one of these is meaningful at a time depending on which phy mode your phy is actually running — it's "opaque" and "generic" for a reason, the caller and the driver both know the vibe 🫶

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🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

• Kernel file ./include/linux/phy/phy.h 📄
• struct phy_ops(9) — the ops themselves, iconic
• struct phy_attrs(9) — the attributes, we stan
• struct phy(9) — the phy, obviously
• struct phy_provider(9) — the provider, supplying the goods
• struct phy_lookup(9) — the lookup, finding her when she's lost 🙈

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and that's the whole page bestie, no cap, nothing skipped 💀 she lives in ./include/linux/phy, dated October 2026, and that's the Kernel API Manual signing off 🌟💅 go configure something gorgeous 🧚‍♀️💖